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N. H. Cole Simons

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20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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I would thank the Deputy Premier for his comments, Mr. Speaker. I am saying this because my concern is that this may start a precedent. If it starts in one park, what is stopping another businessman from starting a similar project in other parks within Bermuda? 2874 20 July 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Mm-hmm.
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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And that is where my co ncern lies. I am not just speaking with this case. I am looking down the road and in the future. So, I would like for him to speak to how they are going to reconcile the vehicle issue in our parks and reserves, because, to me, they should be preserved as one of our …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise just to make a short contr ibution.
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to congratulate and give credit to the developers for their commitment to Bermuda, and sticking it out and working wit h us to bring this project to fruition. These people have stuck to their word, and they are respectful of the Government of the day, irrespective of which government was in power. …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, no.
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Speaker, I have just got about three or four points, and then I will be done. We have made a number of changes to the 2015 Act. And I have read through the 2015 Act, and I have compared it with the 2018 Bill. And I have sati sfied myself that these are changes that I can live …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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It says [at section 3(3)], “Any conveyance or lease granted by the Minister to the Developer under this Act shall be subject to the follo wing rights of access —(a) the public shall have, free of charge, reasonable access to any beach and for eshore on the Property . . .” Mr. Speaker, so to my friend, the Honourable Member …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Well, you have not tabled it yet. Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: You ain’t got the amendment.
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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So, when the amendment comes through, then we will speak to it. But at this point, based on what is in front of me, the language is exactly the same. An d I do not hear any noise from my friend from St. George’s. So, Mr. Speaker, generally speaking, we support this. And I applaud the work that the developers …
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. QUESTIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMI NISTRATIVE LEAVE POLICY —NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES PLACED ON , TOTAL COST , REASON 1) Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House of the total number of employees placed on administrat ive leave for the fiscal years of 2016 -2017 and 20172018? 2) Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable …
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Following on from my co lleague, would the Minister say that those who attended public schools . . . would he say that our middle schools failed them? [Inaudible interjections]
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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No, I will just make this comment.
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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The Minister indicated that these students went to our public schools, Mr. Speaker.
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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And because they went to our public schools, our middle schools form part of our public schools, Mr. Speaker. And, henc e, my question is, have the middle schools failed these scholarship recipients?
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. That is it. Hon. Diallo V. S. R abain: Again, Mr. Speaker, wit hout being able to confirm who attended public middle school [of those] given awards, I cannot answer the question.
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Okay, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister give an undertaking to give us a date when he will bring the answers to the questions to this House?
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First of all, I would like to thank the Minister for providing the answers to the questions. In the (one, two, three, four) fourth- to-last paragraph, he said that there would be workshops to educate the staff of the Department of Education—the teachers and principals —on the way forward as r egards administrative leave policies. Can …
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, yes, Mr. Speaker.