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Renee Ming, JP, MP

Renee Ming, JP, MP

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10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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I move that the House do now take under consideration the following Motion, notice of which was given on the 27 th of July 2018: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House consider and approve the “ Report of the Pa rliamentary Joint Select Committee on t he Necessity for a Public Sex Offenders Register and Other Pert inent Matters …
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning—
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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No, thank you.
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. [Laughter and crosstalk ]
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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I am going to start speaking, Mr. Speaker. Clearly, we have some Members who have issues today. REPORT OF THE J OINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE NECESSITY FOR A PUBLIC SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER AND OTHER PERTINENT MATTERS RELATING TO CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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To His Honour, the Speaker, and the Members of the Honourable House of Assembly: The Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the N ecessity for a Public Sex Offenders Register and Other Pertinent Matters Relating to Convicted Sex Offend-ers. Mr. Speaker, this has been truly an emotional joint select committee. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the …
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. I was just going to say that in the report itself we developed a three- pronged approach. And what we did was we tackled the education and awareness ; we tackled the management of sexual offenders ; and then we tackled counselling and support of victims and their families. So, Mr. Speaker, without going too far into …
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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There is no red, Mr. Speaker. [Laughter]
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, on that note—
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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I look forward to a spirited debate at the next sitting. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker and listening audience. I start on a sad note today. I would like to ensure that condolences are sent to the family of Karon 2944 27 July 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly “KK” Williams. I grew up with KK in St. George’s, one of those ones [with whom] we jumped off of the …
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I hereby give notice that at the next day of meeting, I propose to move the following Motion: BE IT RESOLVED tha t this Honourable House consider and approve the Report of the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on The Necessity for a Public Sex Offenders Register and [Other ] Pertinent Matters Relating to Convicted Sex Offenders , together …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good evening, listening audience, as well. I rise today and I hope to give some clarity to this Bill, because I am actually happy to hear my co lleague say that she supports the Bill , because she knows what it can do for St. George’s. And when I think about this Bill from a historic …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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I am never going to live anywhere else. There were many reasons, but , in particular , I think it was the lack of clarity and definition of the Act that caused me to feel that way and to feel strongly enough about it to not give it my support. Over the years since th at time, Mr. Deputy Speaker, …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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But we moved on. We moved on. Clearly, I sit here in this House today —so. We knew . . . the new one, I am happy to see it. I also know we have some discussions from an amendment for it. I do see that there are some things in there that will bring some relief, because we have …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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What we see as a positive for us in some ways, we know that t here are some impacts, as well. And I do not think that the people of St. George’s are unreasonable. I think they accept that there are times when we, too, will be flexible on certain things and that we will adapt. The history, though, when …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Okay? I know it was his cousin’ s, but I got the story right and I gave him that history lesson. But it is definitely one of the most historic beaches in Bermuda. Because when Sir George Somers and his crew capsized off of Bermuda, that is the beach that they came up on.
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. And so, the history that surrounds that Gates Bay, aka Fort St. Catherine Beach, is monumental, as well. And so, the protectionist side of us, and those of us who are history buffs even, would definitely want to make sure that it continues to be our beach that can be used by us who are here today , and …
20 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. It was a Letter to the Editor. And she called it “Sacrificing nature for whims of a developer.” And she talks about the impact of a beachfront hotel and what it means. And she felt in her way that we had . . . well, it was just like that, sacrificing nature for the whims of …