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Walter H. Roban

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27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Would the Minister not agree that it will be very important to ensure, since based on your announcement that anybody who makes a pas sport application now may not get it until July, that we have assurances from Her Majesty’s Government that the process will be done, and that persons who may be making applications know that they are facing …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Second question.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Before I start, Mr. Speaker, I will declare my interests. I was at one point, in a pr evious life, not only a passpor t officer processing pas sports for the British Government, but also I worked at the current Passport Office. So I have some know ledge of this area. So I do not want to put the Minister …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I have not finished my questions.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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No, I have another question . Just to let you know.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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My last question, Mr. Speaker: Would the Minister agree that this new process which we know has been coming for quite some time is an unfortunate, total deterioration or somewhat of a det erioration of our sovereign position as a self -governing territory?
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, and my last question. Would the Minister not agree that this new process is more so rather than being a result of modernisation, is actually being inflicted on the Overseas Territories because of faults by Her Majesty’s Government, not by the Overseas Territories themselves, 1854 27 May 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly in the handling and …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not planning to speak too long on this matter. I echo the comments that have been shared already by my honourable colleagues on this side as to our support around this legislation. I am particularly pleased to see that the amendment to the Schedule has been endorsed by the Government , that we are …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Can the Minister inform this Honourable House when was that report actually fi nished? When was it finished?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Would the Premier not agree that, in light of the fact that they have not met the date set in the Throne Speech as to when they would have this available for the publi c view on the Internet, that it would have been more appropriate to have come to this House to report that there …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary. In light of the Premier’s answer, would not have a more prudent approach of reporting that there would be a dela y be in keeping with the commitment as it said in its Throne Speech to levels of transparency and openness and financial accountability?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, a supplemental.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, si r.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Honourable Premier spoke just now about other areas of opportunity. Was there any ide ntified of an economic nature that might inspire some level of trade between the Azores and Bermuda, ide ntified?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary. In light of that answer, does the Premier have any information on what is the current level of trade of goods and services coming directly from the Azores to Bermuda? Is there an y information as to what that amount is and what that value is at this point in time?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I have actually a question.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Question t o the Honourable Premier: Does this Memorandum of Understanding have any alignment or bring any relevance . . . Well, I’ll just say, does it bring any alignment or does it bring any changes to what has been already agreed through the Portuguese Accord whic h was done in the 1970s with the Government …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Minister of F inance gave great description as t o the state of how Bermuda is perceived through his Statement, such as statements on page 3 and throughout the Statement that he made about how Overseas Territories may actually have set the bar higher than many of the m ajor …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.