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Susan E. Jackson

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16 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Because people cannot get into their bank accounts. They cannot get on with their lives. And to think that the y are waiting an entire year for a death certificate! So my question to the Deputy Premier is, What is being done to actually speak with the widow or widower or the family members so that they have some sense …
16 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. This is a hail- Mary question. But is there any ability for f amilies to submit any feedback or submit complaints if they do feel that it has been over a year and they have not received the death certificate and they do not know what is happening? Hon. Walter H. Roban: Of course. I often receive those concerns …
16 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have a supplementary. So, does that mean that Bermuda as a jurisdiction can sort of pick and choose what we are going to have in the convention? T he reason I am asking that is I just was googling the Budapest Convention. And they have things like, under criminal investigation your Internet usage can be used. So, I …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and good morning, everyone. My question to the Education Minister is this: Can the Minister provide details on the School Loc ation Strategy Assessment Team? Who were the members and how were they selected? The Depu ty Speaker: Minister. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Though the question received was slightly …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. My question to the Minister then is, If these were —
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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This is supplementary.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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If the School Location Strategy Team was made up of Bermudians, can you please explain then what the role of the (I think it was called) Santec [sic] consultancy was all about then? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Stantec is the name that she is referring to—had nothing to do with the school location team. The school …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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My second supplementary then is, Was there any local company that helped with the School Strategy Assessment Team and the matrix that was set out for them? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Deputy Speaker, no.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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My second question, Deputy Speaker?
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Can the Honourable Minister please provide the dates each school was assessed and if the entire team took part in the onsite assessments? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, there were no scheduled dates for school building assessments during the as-sessment period. The team used their hands -on experience and working …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. I have a supplementary then. I am just curious then. So the assessment team (I am just clarifying) was a roundtable exercise, by the sounds of it. So then there was no actual onsite visit? Can the Minister confirm that there were no onsite visits and that principals were not consulted at all about any renovation or changes or …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Third question. Thank you.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Can the Minister please pr ovide the details of each assessment, including how the numbers were produced for each school and if there has been an independent scrutiny of these scores? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, the Parish Primary School Location Strategy Team determined four broad study factors of categories that were …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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No, Deputy Speaker. I will leave it there. Thank you.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I would just like to send condolences to two families, and I would like to associate the Opposition Leader Cole Simons. This first condolence goes to the family of Betty Lespere, nee Caines. She worked at BELCO for many years and certainly made a contribution not only to the company, but to the community in …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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I would like to send condolences to Ursula Vallis Darrell, and these are condolences on the loss of her son, Kevin Darrell . I am very sorry to hear of that loss, and we certainly send our thoughts and prayers to the families. Thank you.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Acting Speaker. I have been listening intently to this debate and I am declaring my interest. Back in 2018 I was fortunate enough to be able to sit on a committee that was entitled the Financial Assistance Reform Committee. I happened to have been on the committee with th e present Minister before he was a Minister. …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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And I am speaking directly to the people who may either be in the able- bodied unemployed population or could find themselves there. Because there just is not necessarily the ability to navigate through some of the more sophisticated or maybe even philosophically different methods of conducting business. I will wrap up by saying that maybe this is an opportunity …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I just wanted to speak to the principle of these concessions that we are debating today with regard to tourism. Because I am sure that there are people who are out there who are listening to this, and they are trying really hard to figure out how losing al l of this money so that …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, Deputy Speaker. People are stru ggling. If anyone in this House has been into the grocery store lately, it is downright scary.