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Susan E. Jackson

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24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, please. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please confirm the number and value of r eceivables written off the g overnment’s books and the number and value taken to our courts for recovery?
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question to the Premier and Minister of Finance is whether he can provide any kind of update on debt collection. At one point there was an agency, and I am just curious whether anything is in place now. Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Premier. Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, I would certainly …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I have a second question.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I am wondering whether the Premier and Mi nister of Finance might be able to give any indication of whether any data are being analysed or collected around the reasons for the high level of taxes or a ccounts receivables that has not been collected? If people are in hardship or there are other reasons why the money …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is just a quick question. But I am just wondering whether the Gover nment will provide any information on the best way to install the LED lights so that they’re getting the max imum effect. And just to give an example, maybe just gi ving tips on putting the LED on an external fixture, which …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I would like to just thank JetBlue and all me mbers who have worked hard to make that direct flight between Bermuda and Bos ton reactivated. It is much appreciated, and the community does recognise the work that has gone into that.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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So thank you. The question that I have for the Minister of Transport is I am just wondering whether the BTA [Bermuda Tourism Authority], the hotels and other stakeholders will now work to make sure that there is a collaborative effort so that everyone is working in unison as far as maintaining a clear message and a solid product proposition …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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No supplementary. I have a second question.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would just like to ask the Minister whether there will be any sort of regular and ongoing con versations, especially with the delicate Boston– Bermuda flight in mind, but whether there will be regular and ongoing meetings for feedback from JetBlue to make sure that we are able to mitigate any surprises that may come up in …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister of Transport whether there were any minimum revenue guarantees [MRGs] that were attached to any of the flight announcements that he has announced today.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just have one question. Will these cameras have the capability to monitor speed at all?
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. [Laughter] SUPPLEMENTARIES
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I am just thinking through my supplementary question. Bermuda House of Assembly Given that these cameras may be able to monitor speed, I am just curious whether the Minister will be taking into consideration some of the intricacies of Berm uda roads and how speed can be monitored efficiently.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I had better ask a suppl ementary on that one. [Laughter]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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So then if the camera is monitoring speed and it happens to be in an area that is an open stretch and a car wants to pass a horse and carriage, will the speed monitors be able to ident ify that this was actually not speeding b ut just passing another car? I need to ask.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to not sit and fight against numbers, but to bring the voice of the people to the House of Assembly. I have received a number of calls, people stopping me on the street and so I feel compelled to deliver the message that people in Bermuda, hardworking people who have supported the PLP …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And now you . . . clearly, on the other side, and any noise that I am hearing is either people who just write the cheque and do not even think twice about it or they do not have children. Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjections ]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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But I have . . . I can stand here as a single mother who has had to dress their children, and this is getting astronomically expensive for the families who are trying to raise their children and keep up w ith the standards that the school is d emanding when it comes to uniforms. And they may think, on …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, I will heed to the accountant in that. But it does not change the perception and it does not change the fact that people are finding that no matter how much they have it is not enough an y-more. And it is not enough because the cost of ever ything is so much higher than any relief that we …