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N. H. Cole Simons

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22 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thanks. Yes. I would just like for the Minister to clarify that dollars differential. As I said earlier, in 2017, the original budget was $2,100,000. If we add the suppl emental of $1.28 million, we get to $3.38 million. That is the supplementary plus the actual for 2017. Then, I look at the 2019 budget, and I see the actual …
22 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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It is Head 82.
18 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to send co ngratulatory remarks to Ms. Penny Saltus. This weekend, she hosted an Early Childhood Symposium. About 150 people attended. And, Mr. Speaker, I thought it was a first -class conference. It was very, very successful. The theme was The Future of Early Childhood Education: Collaboration, Connection and Transformation. She …
18 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Misleading the House, Mr. Speaker . [Laughter]
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As was said by my colleague, we are in support of this legislation. I think the Bermuda Tourism Authority is doing a grand job. As was said earlier, they have as their mandate is to become self - sufficient. I think this legislation in regard to the fees to the Tourism Authority brings more equity to …
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, thank you very much. We support this piece of legislat ion and we hope it does what it is set out to do.
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker —
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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I would like to speak to that [sub]section 3 as well.
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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[Clause] 2 [new section 15C](3) —
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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It is my understanding from when I acted as Tourism Minister that when ships come here they have to get the permit issued and the Minister signs the permit. Was consideration given to attaching the Authority registration documents to the permit that the shipping agents or the ships have to sign when they get their initial permit to enter Berm …
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Because the ship gets a permit to come into Bermuda. That permit is issued by the Ministry of Tourism, [and] is signed by the Minister of Tourism. So, my question is, would it be more efficient to put the Authority registration documents with the permit documents so that it is done all at once, so when you approve the permit …
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would just like to revisit [clause] 2, [about] the off -season, i.e., November to the end of March. Based on what the Tourism Minister said, in that Bermuda is such a preferred destination, when these off - season ships come here we do incur costs. And I am just wondering if we can possibly consider …
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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[Constituency] 8.
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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I think one issue that we need to address is, are those landlords that have no written leases . . . and there are a large percentage of rental units that are in place 1272 15 March 2019 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjections]
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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—which have no leases, an d basically will not be paying any stamp duty.
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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And I will say — [Inaudible interjections]
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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—that is going to be an issue that we need to address because it is not . . . there is no parity , so to speak, and there is no protection. [Inaudible interjections]
15 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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And so they can say, Well, I do not have to issue a lease. I will just rent my place with no lease agreement and no revenue to the government . So, are we going t o address that issue?
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker . First of all, I would like to commend the former spokesman for St. George’s , Mrs. Renee Ming, for her passion for St. George’s , for her co mmitment to her constituents. And I have to say, I mean, she and the Honourable Member Kim Swan, are in love with their constituency, and …
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to the Mini ster’s presentation, and he indicated that this is the first step of a very long journey. Mr. Speaker, let me make this clear. This is not the first step. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: It is not?