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E. Grant Gibbons

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21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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So in some r espects, it is a bit of a typo.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. The second amendment is a little farther down in section 32A(4)( b) which currently reads, “(b) (b) specify such period.” We want to delete the additional “(b)”—it just kind of slipped in there—to correctly read, “(b) specify such period.” So get rid of the “(b).”
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chairman. The Chair man: Member, before we do that, I am sa ying the House has agreed on the two amendments that we have to the clause 18. Thank you. All agreed? Thank you. [Gavel] [Motion carried: Amendments to clause 18 passed.]
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. In clause 18(1), we are inserting new sections 32A and 32B to make provisions for the issue of pr ovisional casino licences as part of the Commission’s envisaged three- stage process for obtaining a casino licence. A provisional casino licence may only be granted in respect of a designated site for which the Commission has formed an opinion …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. I take that as similar questions, in some respects. Let me just st ep back to try and answer this in two parts. The first thing that I think we have to recognise here is that the substantial vetting is really done between the provisional licence stage and the final casino licence. So that, apparently, is the …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I think the simple answer is that I tried to address that in my comments at the end of the [Second Reading] debate. I think all of us want to make sure that particularly a St . George's resort is successful. It is pretty clear that in the change of operator for the hotel, not for the cas ino—the change …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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No, they have not said that.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, I am not sure if I can really add any more. I think I have talked about the historical issues. I think we have talked about wanting to make sure that this property is successful. Properties before this have been relatively unsuccessful over the years. And it goes back to the whole issue of what we are trying …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I am not sure, and I cannot speak for the chairman as to whether he would see it that way. But we have not had an indication, as I understand it, that the chairman is prepared to r esign. And I think, obviously, as perhaps the Honour able Member, Mr. Crockwell, said earlier on, if the Commission was not in …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. The Honour able Member may remember in my brief for the House, I did talk about getting shovels in the ground. So, yes, I think that is clearly the next step. It is not my call as to when that happens. But I think the sooner we get this done and get on with it, the sooner that is …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. I cannot really speak to that. I have a sense that anybody who gets a provisional licence, including the one that the House would be granting here, will pay the provisional l icence fee. That much I know. I also know that it is pretty hefty. I do not know where the Commission is. They have not informed me, …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. This is not a question of transparency. This is a question, because I think that the fees will be tabled at the appropriate time, because it will be public knowledge as to what that fee is. I think the Commission may not have come to an exact landing point in terms of what that is. My bad, …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I had a little difficulty following the line of argument there. I talked about already why we are giving a provisional licence for Desarrollos. I am not sure; may be I missed the point of it. So, yes.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I am sorry. I am getting a little tired here. So I missed the construct, yes.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. I take the point. I think what we have to be careful about is that we are not talking about the cas ino operator here; we are talking about the hotel developer. So the casino operator could be very different than the hotel operator or indeed the developer. So that issue is still open. I …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Madam Chair, I have absolutely no idea. 256 21 November 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Member, we are still going outside the remit of the details of the Bill in front of us. Are there any Members who would like to speak to clause 18? The Chair recognises the Opposition Leader. You have the floor. …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I think the Gover nment feels that for the provisional licence with respect to the St. George's resort, that sufficient due diligence was done in terms of both their selection in the first place and, essentially, the financing that was involved with them. But again I repeat the same comment: The real vetting here is yet to be done. It …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. I am not sure I can do anything but reiterate what I just said. The Government feels that with respect to provisional l icence, that adequate work was done with respect to what I will call the preliminary vetting. Now, again—and I guess it is getting late and I have to repeat this —the Commission will attach all sorts …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I am afraid that is above my pay grade. I am not aware.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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No, no, as amended.