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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you ver y much, Mr. Acting Speaker. Would the Honourable Minister be able to clarify whether or not these projects would . . . I’m so rry. Please disregard, Mr. Acting Speaker. Third question.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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When will the total 137 units be added to the stock? Thank you, Mr. Acting Speaker.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Acting Speaker. Would the Honourable Minister be able to point out where this scheme fits into the Economic Recovery Plan?
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Acting Speaker. From my experience in the Bermuda Police Service, I definitely know that it is those vacant prop-erties that also add to the reoccurring problems that we have in our communities. Mr. Acting Speaker, I would ask the Honour able Minister, What are his t houghts on when he will update us on the later …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Honourable Minister spoke on clause 2, specifically, that there will be an assertion to prescribe a procedure to enable the Tax Commissioner to grant a pre- qualification. I was hoping the Honourable Mi nister could speak to why the Tax Commissioner is the best-placed person to undertake the qualification pr ocess? My information is that …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chai rman. Another question: My understanding is that there have been a number of delays [with] the Tax Commissioner –– [prev iously] it was quite the process. And so some of these conveyances took quite some time, and they were delayed by way of the involvement of the Office of the Tax Commissioner. Could the Honourable …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the Honourable Premier to speak to clause 3 where in it reads (I am looking at the Explanatory Memorandum) “. . . a 0% rate of duty for goods imported for, and used only in, the local . . . manufacture of bread and baked goods by a business or organisation approved for this …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Honourable Minister as it relates to moving the timelines. I note that the Auditor General released a statement saying that the Bermuda Land Develo pment Company [BLDC] is three years in arrears on its audit, and WEDCO is one year in arrears in its audit. And the Minister had …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I rise this evening to support and encourage reform in our Parish Councils. They have played a crucial role in the development of Bermuda and our society, and it is a role that has been waning som ewhat over the years. And it is quite important to mo dernise their roles. When I had the …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I had rais ed a question.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, honour able colleagues and to the listening public. My question relates to the Minister’s Stat ement wherein on page 3, the final paragraph, the Honourable Minister said, “The Department of Wor kforce Development is engaging with private sector employers to expand apprenticeships and register their apprenticeship opportunities with the Depar …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, thank you,
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. S peaker. Second question?
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. The Honourable Minister spoke to the work of the Labour Market Review Working Group on page 4 of hi s Statement, second paragraph. And would the Honourable Minister be able to explain to this Honourable House what the nature of that work was over the four months since the release of the Youth E mployment Strategy? Hon. Jason Hayward: …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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No, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Third question. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: I have a supplementary,
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Third question. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My third question relates to [this]: The Honourable Minister in his Statement has updated us on three of the nine goals in the Youth Employment Strate gy. Could he give us a progress report on the other five goals?
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Six, thank you. Hon. Jason Hayward: Mr. Speaker, this Statement pertains to the work that we are doing over the next quarter. And so while movement is happening in the other places, this will be our area of focus. Certainly by having focused on a number of goals within a cer-tain time period, it means that we are moving forward …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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When will the Honourable Minister inform or update this Honourable House on the other six goals?