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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
15 words
Yes, Mr. Speaker. I declare my interest, as have other Members in the Chamber before.
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
1,117 words
With a little bit of chuckle, yes. In the US, I would qualify to be a member of the Bermuda House of Assembly AARP and in Bermuda, qualify with all the benefits of Age Concern. I just want to thank the advocacy of those who advocate for seniors in our community. The Honour able Member Burgess, from constituency 5, is …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
77 words
Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate my colleague from constituency 21, and my colleague, the Minister, from constituency 3, because I have heard on any number of occasions both in the House and out of the House and on the radio and sometimes in my sleep, because maybe my phone goes off and, you know, there …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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1,539 words
I do not want to make fun, but I know this much, that the Honourable Member Mr. Commissiong has worn this issue on his sleeve. And I think it is important for persons to see and appreciate the process of a committee advocacy turning into a Joint Select Committee which I am sure if he had sufficient time back in …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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353 words
But those were the days I was focused and a lot went in the bank. You fast forward to today. Employers saw what was happening. And you know what? We worked two and three jobs in this country. Did not just starve. We did it to get ahead. Today you are doing it just to survive. And that is a …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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And then if they had to be there a little bit later, they would call ahead, and say, Look, get my porter to set up my station. I’ll be there. You know what that was? That’s how the porter learned. Because if a worker, if an adult man, who was raising a young family, who was working at TE LCO …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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198 words
Yes, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now take under consideration the following motion, notice of which was given on the 5 th of July 2019. WHEREAS this House ratified a resolution to establish a Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on December 1 st, 2017, and subsequently passed in the Senate on the 21st of February …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
171 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, it is my solemn duty to introduce this motion to the Honourable House, the culmination of painstaking work by M embers of your committee and the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the events of December 2 nd, 2016. I take this opportunity to thank the consultant clerk, Ms. Alberta Dyer -Tucker and Ms. …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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In addition, Mr. Speaker, there is also a correction that I would like to make with regard to the narrative used to express the People’s Campaign, and that is to articulate that it was clearly 2224 19 July 2019 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly pointed out to the Parliamentary Joint Select Commi ttee that their concerns were with …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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When a senior Member of this House, Mr. Speaker, a former leader of this country, who had issue with your Committee, with the composition of your Committee, chose to go to a la wyer outside of this Parliament, it brought me to mind of Dame Lois Browne- Evans. It really did, because I r emember, because I came here many …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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—the “Parliamentary Joint Select Committee is composed of persons elected and appointed to serve the people of Bermuda. As such, t he Committee does not take direction from a private person.” We represent you, Mr. Acting Speaker . But the course of action that was set out against us was trying to suggest something otherwise. I did not come up …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I picked up a few minutes. Mr. [Acting ] Speaker, when your Committee officially commenced work on the ratification, the Commi ttee did set out reviewing the NPoCC report and was unable to gain access to persons that we would have liked to just come in and share with us Bermuda House of Assembly without having to jump …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Mr. Acting Speaker, what is most concerning when we look at the NPoCC report was the paragraph 3.9 in that report that clearly set out that the lines of communication were significantly blurred. You know, Mr. [Acting ] Speaker, we had occasion to interview former National Security Minister, Mr. Jeff Baron, who revealed his displeasure with being sent …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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1,092 words
I believe, Mr. Acting Speaker, that was probably the one thing, because he was one of the first persons we had opportunity to speak to. I think it is important, Mr. Acting Speaker, in the time that I have left that I reflect on pages 31 and 131 and 43 of the report. And page 31 and 131 deal with …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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164 words
Okay. Front line officers and front line protesters were the focal point of this tragic day. Front line offi cers. Let me declare my interests. I am the son of a front line officer, deceased, worked 30- plus years as a constable in this Bermuda Police Service. I grew up in a police home. I respect police officers. One of …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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140 words
I got some ace boys that [say], no man, fess up to nothing. You have to be like Thomas in the Bible, you have to show me that ruin in your side; show me where the spur when in. But, you know what? Thankfully, for former Member, Kenneth Bascome’s testimony, thankfully, for former Deputy Speaker, Mrs. Robert -Holshouser’s testimony, we …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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630 words
Mr. Speaker, we had a situation occur during our deliberations where . . . we operate on the precedents which are accustomed to this House. And I take my instructions from the Ho nourable Speaker whose committee we represent. We had members who, when we summoned [them], final-ly came before the committee. But the rules of this House were that, …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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—or a sign that I do not want to see —
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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32 words
Mr. Speaker, thank you for allowing me to serve. And I thank my colleagues and those associated with the staff for their assi stance. That is my time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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6 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker .