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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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258 words
Good evening, Madam Acting Speaker, to those in the listening audience and those colleagues who are here present. Madam Acting Speaker, I will say that under normal circumstances I would have chosen not to speak based upon the comments that have been made by the previous speakers. But for today, Madam Acting Speaker, I chose to make an exception because …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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357 words
Interim—who is the interim Leader of the OBA. Earlier today, I participated in a short debate as to whether or not the Reply to the Throne Speech was better or worse than last year’s Reply. And actually, before today there was some commentary in terms of someone said there is going to be a Reply to t he Throne Speech …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Unfortunately, today I will say that in my honest opinion, you have not done bet-ter. 90 10 November 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly We know that each of us are individuals, but we represent a constituency. And in this instance for you, Honourable Jarion Richardson, and also for Premier Burt, you represent . . . you are …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Unfortunately, today that has not been the case. What has been amazing to me, and I will come to my real point in a minute, is that ear-lier today I actually looked at the two speeches that were given and from the PLP it says Speech from the Throne, Serving the People and then from the One Bermuda Alliance Let’s …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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—is that because they send their children there, there are significant financial resources that are passed toward those schools. And that is also part of the reason why they are successful. I will say this, and it is a fact. You can look and see now how many children are actually getting scholarships to these private schools. In many instances …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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And I will say this that as evidence of the PLP’s forward- looking vision which has been alluded to by MP Jache Adams and certainly has been repeated many times by the Premier David Burt in his role as Minister of Finance. The PLP has starred in a major way around the payroll tax reform in that there have been …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, sir. Good afternoon to you, Mr. Speaker —
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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—to those in the listening audience, and my colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I am one of the newer Members of Parliament, and I always am (I want to say) intrigued by what we do that actually affects us and to a limited degree . . . I will declare my interest because this legislation does affect me and what I do …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Associate me, please. Hon. Michael A. Weeks: I will associate the MP Jarion Richardson. But, Mr. Speaker, it was six males, three women. I am happy to say they are all Bermudians and/or spouses of Bermudians, Mr. Speaker. So they are excited, and we are looking forward to their joining the police force proper. Mr. Speaker, as I take my …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker and to my colleagues in this listening audience.
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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I will be very brief, Mr. Speaker. I do not normally say that. But I just wanted to certainly be associated with the condolences that were extended on behalf of Mr. Boyd Smith and also Ms. Violet Charves. Both of them are my constituents and played a very key role down in the Devil’s Hole, the broader Devil’s Hole ar …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Well, again, I did not know that was even possible until it happened in this in-stance. Another person who is very, very quiet, very unassuming. If you see him you would not even realise it, but he is one of those persons who believes in personal integrity, believes in taking the time to do what is right. And he is …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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We are seeing that there is a “Burgess” piece in that, but I will leave that alone. My last comment, Mr. Speaker, is with respect to Mr. Rick Richardson. He is the producer of the Victory documentary in terms of the 1981 general strike. And I say that because I hope that we all get a chance to view it. …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Oh, no! Oh, dear. Thank you.
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I thank the Honourable Minister for bringing this legislation to the House. I would echo a lot of his sentiments in terms of the protection of the vulnerable amongst us, but I will put that into my contribution as well as my questions to him. Mr. Speaker, we are here today to debate the Child …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. On 16 June the Minister said (as he just said) in his Ministerial State-ment , “The purpose of this Bill is to allow the Minister to (1) prescribe the maximum gross annual household income in respect of an application for a child day care allowance; (2) provide categories of such incomes for the purpose of granting awards; (3) …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon to you, my colleagues and those in the listening audience. I am overjoyed to be able to stand and comment on what is now being proposed, because I think we all understand how fundamentally important it is for people to get off to a good start, because even though you can take a corrective action, it is going …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I note in the amendment Bill at clause 3, which reads, “Section 3 of the principal Act is amended — "(a) in subsection (2) by deleting ‘income,’ and sub-stituting ‘income and the name and gross annual income of any supporting parent or spouse, . . .’” And then it moves on to repeal subsection (3) of …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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149 words
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Honourable Minister. Further on to clause 4 of the Bill, reading, “Amends section 4” “4 Section 4 of the principal Act is amended— "(a) in subsection (1)(c) by inserting after ‘an-nual’ the word ‘household’; "(b) by repealing subsection (2).” Actually, I would like to speak to that. Specifically in section 4 of the principal …