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Susan E. Jackson

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6 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. So of those, under what circumstances then would an application take over a year to process?
6 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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No. That is fine, Thank you.
6 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, please. Can the Minister just repeat that number again, please?
6 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. And before I get started, and I will get directly into questions, but I want to acknowledge a couple of things. One, the very hard work of this Ministry. It is unbelievable the amount of programmes and effort and work that go into it. And I must absolutel y give all acknowledgement to the Minister for …
6 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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(Just looking at my notes.) If we may now just move into seniors, I have a couple of questions which will have to go back to Head-quarters because they do not really have multi -page departments as yet. So, page B -289, and this would be line item, business unit 96040, Ageing and Disability Services. There are not that many …
6 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I have just one more question. Thank you. I believe it was under Head 23, Child and Family Services, page B -294 under . . . I believe it was under programme 2304, Administration. You mentioned that there will be a domestic abuse specialist who will be brought on board. And I am just wondering. Yo u had mentioned that …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, and thank you. My question to the Minister is, I am wondering if he would remind the Honourable House and the general public why the private, large utilities are not repaving the roads after they have finished their roadwork and make them either the same as they were when they first started the roadworks or better …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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No, Mr. Speaker. That is sufficient.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to send condolences to the family of June Morris. She was a long- standing constituent, and she certainly stayed loyal till the very end. And although our visits turned into telephone calls in the last few years, whether it was because we were shelteringin-place and as she became less mobile. But we did …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I would like to begin by thanking the international business. They have been an amazing support in our community. I appreciate the fact that they have shown and demonstrated their commitment to the Island. And the financial and the skill set and the talent that they have contributed as well. I thank international business for having faith in our young …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Before I get there, I just want to speak a little bit about our national debt and the fact that we are saying that we are going to be able to balance this budget. There are a number of people out there with their eyes wide open, and they are asking, and they are making comments like, It’s unscrupulous that …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I am playing the race card.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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And I am going to play the gender card! Because you know what, Mr. Speaker? Those laws that were created in the past were not designed to help me. And they are still sitting here in the same place, and we have got a Labour Government, and they have not even raised the question about, Let’s review these old, archaic …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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What for? We should be basic maintenance. A service to the people. We are public servants. And what I am really afraid of, Mr. Speaker, is that if we do not get a hold of this soon and enable our people in Bermuda to make their own way through reviewed and amended l egislation, we are going to end up …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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You know, the PLP Government wants to spend more money on . . . more money to build more affordable housing and there is nothing 442 23 February 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly affordable in Bermuda, so either the Government will never get their return on investment, or by the time they finish it the rent really …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Fix the laws! Get the piece of legislation, review it, amend it — [Inaudible interjections]
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjections]
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, —
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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—we have a few really good initiatives. I certainly know that the ears of my recently married young people were perked hearing about the mortgage and . . . I have forgotten the full title of it. But the mortgage guarantee programme. And upfront it looks great. And it is interesting because I just love it. We have got bright, …