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Walter H. Roban

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20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have a supplementary question to what the Minister’s comments have just been. Would the Minister agree that there needs to be a better system of communi cation between the on - site maintenance staff and the Works and Engineering teams that do the seasonal maintenance of the infr astructure of the schools?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to also be associated with the condolence message on behalf of Mr. Henry “Appleby” Talbot. My honourable colleague who sits for constit uency 21 did give a very detailed explanation of his achievements and also his close relationship with the Progressive Labour Party and his background as an entrepreneur. He was one of the …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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To our west . And he was a constituent of Mr. Dennis Lister.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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So I will not miss that he was a man who was ensconced in the west and the west had him as his home for many years. Mr. Speaker, I would like just one last comment to say that I stand by the Minister’s tribute to the students who were in the Dual Enrolment project, but there were other students …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have been informed by the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee that the airport has not been referred to the Public Accounts Committee, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, Mr. Speaker, what I will talk about is —
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, Mr. Speaker, guess what? Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak. But I speak about listening, I will speak about —
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I will speak about accountabi lity. I will speak about mistakes. I will speak about fuzziness. [Inaudible interjection]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I will speak about . . . and I do not speak about whatever the Honourable Member Grant Gibbons wants to speak about. He can speak about it on his own time when he gets up. But I will speak about issues.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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And listening, Mr. Speaker, it will be good if we could have a lesson about the OBA listening because what I have seen from the Gover n-ment is a lesson. And that lesson has b een one where I have seen anger, protests, frustration— [Inaudible interjection]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Member who sits for [constituency] 27 does like to talk a lot. He talked a lot in his voluminous answers to parliamentary questions this morning, but he did not answer any questions. So I will continue about listening, because the OBA has definitely not been very good in teaching this country about listening, Mr. Speaker. I …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am just panning the room. The Speaker: No, Honourable —
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I am not talking to anybody else—
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, I was just panning the room. I was not talking about anybody —
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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—I was talking to you —
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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—I ain’t talking about nobod y else, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I only see you.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I do not even see anybody, I was just panning the room. It is a big room here we are in . That’s it. [Inaudible interjections ]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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But I am talking to you, Mr. Speaker.