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The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

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17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker.
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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My supplementary is, if someone who is not a citizen of Bermuda represents Bermuda, does the Bermuda Government or the D epartment of Sports pay for that person who represents Bermuda, if he is not a citizen?
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, another supplementary. Madam Deputy Speaker, those of you who may remember that late last year we had a cricket team that represented Bermuda. On that team was a Bermudian who now lives in England, who was not allowed to play. Has that situation been rectified? Because, of course, in your answer, that citizens of Ber-muda can represent Bermuda, other …
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. My second question to the Minister is, In a related matter, as the international standard states that citizens can hold the national record of their r espective country, would the Honourable Minister please confirm if Bermuda adheres to this standard?
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like some condolences to be sent on behalf of the House, act ually, for one of our colleagues, the Honourable Kim Wilson. Her uncle had passed, Stephen Andre Wilson. He was a very good friend of mine, so I would be r emiss if I did not get up and …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the Premier acknowledged that he had a conversation with the Commissioner of Police at 1:00 pm concerning getting into Parliament. Are we to believe that during that conversation, the Commissioner did not reveal to the Premier how he was going to get the protesters away from the gate so that he could get into parliament?
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I received the answers, but I still would like to have these deferred till next week till we get to the Ministerial Statement.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, ti ll next week.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister clarify for the Honourable House what are the first and second res-ervations of the UK Government? Actually, there are actually more than two reservations. Can you clarify all the reservations concerning CEDAW?
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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A question, Mr. Speaker.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Honourable Minister inform this House and the listening public where Go vernment is now on ending conscription? Because I see you are talking about conscription and so on. And in your platform you pledged to end conscription as soon as you became Government. Where are you on ending conscription? [Crosstalk] The Speaker: …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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I would like to associate m yself with the remarks for Mr. Nathan Trott, who just signed a contract at West Ham United. For those who do not know, West Ham was my team, so Nathan most definitely has a good future. Out there among the Hammers. He will be forever blowing bubbles there, Mr. Speaker. [Laughter and inaudible interjection]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. I would also like to associate myself, Mr. Speaker, with the remarks for young Osagi Bascome, who signed a contract for Bristol City. Mr. Bascome, as many of you know, comes from a sporting family. His father, Herbie Bas-come, the former Cup Match skipper, his brother Oronde, another former Cup Match skipper. And he has got another brother, I …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to start off by saying that the Ho nourable Member who just took her seat talked about Chicken Little and the sky is falling. That is the exact way I would have described this current Government over these last couple of years trying to bamboozle and scare the people into thinking the airport …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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He should have a compl ement of 44 staff. I think it is down to 31 or 32 staff. And that is where the source of his frustration comes from. And at no time—and if I missed it, please, somebody get up and give me a point of order —but at no time did he say, Mr. Speaker, that $184 …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, it was. It would be, yes. And they made it clear —
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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No. No. Thank you. As I will continue, Mr. Speaker —
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The general manager . . . at no time, I will r epeat, did he sa y that $184 million w ould be for a band aid job, for patchwork. So, if that is why the point of clarification was needed, Mr. Speaker, I hope the Honourable Member now has been duly clarified. Mr. Speaker, another …