Speeches by Ernest Peets

14 Jul 2021 Senate

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We request that this particular Bill be carried over to our Senate session next week. The President: Thank you, Minister Peets. The Bill will be carried over to next week.

14 Jul 2021 Senate

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Thank you, very much, Madam President. The President: The second reading, the Education Amendment (No. 2) Act 2021. This is in the name of Senator O. K. Darrell, the Junior Minister of Education. Minister Peets.

14 Jul 2021 Senate

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Regarding the Education Amendment (No. 2) Act 2021, Madam President, we ask that, in the absence of the Junior Minister, we carry this Bill over to next week as well. The President: Thank you, Minister Peets. And that takes us to the third item on our agenda, and that is the second reading of the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority Amendment …

14 Jul 2021 Senate

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I would. The President: Minister Peets, you have the floor.

14 Jul 2021 Senate

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Yes. Thank you, Madam President, for allowing me just a few mi nutes. I know some of us as Senators had an opportunity just a little over a week ago to be at the City Hall for the unveiling of the Freedom Park plaque at City Hall. I , as a young 51- year-old, was very, very much excited, as …

14 Jul 2021 Senate

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Yes. Thank you, Madam President. I make a motion to adjourn to July 21, 2021. The President: Would any Senator care to speak on the motion to adjourn? Hearing none, this was a very short session. Thank you all for your attendance this morning. The Senate stands adjourned until next week, the 21 st. Thank you. [At 10:2 4 am, …

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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Thank you. Good morning, Madam President. Good morning, co lleagues. The President: Good morning. LARGE GROUP EXEMPTIONS

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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Today I would like to advise this Honourable Chamber and the general public on our upgraded process to apply for exemptions to host large group gatherings . As we advised the public recently, the responsibility for approving large group exemptions is now under my Ministry. Under the cur-rent Public Health (COVID -19 Emergency Powers) (Phased Re- opening) Regulations 2021, the …

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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Madam President. The President: Sorry. Minister [Peets] . . .

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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I do apologise, Madam President. I was not sure if you can just clarify [Standing Order] 66 and [St anding Order] 65 in rel ation to oral questions for us? The President: I will just read out [Standing Order] 66 to you and so that everyone can understand.

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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Thank you. I am grateful, Madam President. The President: [Standin g Order] 66 regarding the Question Period: “During Question Period Members may ask questions without notice . . .” [Inaudible interjection]

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[Standing Order] 65? The President: I will do 65 first (you said 66). Let me do 65: “Questions “65 (1) Questions may be put to a Minister or a Junior Minister relating to public affairs or Depar tments. “(2) Questions addressed to a Minister or a Junior Minister may be answered by another Minister or another Junior Minister. “(3) Not …

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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Thank you. The President: So I hope that this answers some of the questions.

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Yes. The President: And if there are any further, we will certainly —

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Yes. Thank you,

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Certainly, if you feel it within your judgment to do so. But certainly for the benefit of all of our Senators here . . . most of us are relatively new. The President: Yes.

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And we certainly appreciate your explanation so that we can better understand how the procedures work. The President: Fine. I appreciate that. We will certainly— The Clerk: Standing Order 65 applies more in the case of Parliamentary Questions.

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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Yes. The Clerk: And Standing Order 66 applies more to the case of questions based on Ministerial Stat ements. Okay? So Standing Order 66 applies more on questions in connection to Ministerial Stat ements. So if you want to recite [Standing Order] 66— The President: It may be pertinent for me to do that as well because I think for …

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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Thank you for [your] indulgence. The President: Yes. So Standing Order 66 reads as follows: “Question Period “66 During Question Period Members may ask questions without notice in the following circumstances set out in paragraphs (1) to (9) — “(1) Q uestions resulting from a Ministerial Statement (Statements must be distributed to Members at the time the Minister or Junior …

7 Jul 2021 Senate

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Yes. Thank you, Madam President. I am pretty sure, particularly on behalf of the Government team, we certainly appreciate the expl anation. I can confirm that the J unior Ministers have worked with the substantive Ministers to have answers prepared for today’s session. So if you are minded, we are certainly going to follow your direction regarding oral questions. The …