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Walter H. Roban

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11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Actually, it was referring to the Statement. But I will move on, Mr. Speaker.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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As my original question was about a promise and how he has ignited the passions in the people, which is in this Statement. The Sp eaker: All right. You have another question, Honourable Member?
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Would the Premier not agree that by not having provided an opportunity for the pu blic to consult or deal with the Government prior to this 1430 11 March 2016 Official Hansard Report B ermuda House of Assembly Bill being tabled, as the Government promised it would do when it comes generally with immigration issues, that they have not kept …
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Would the Premier not agree with his Ministers’ calling members of the public “ bullies” as they freely and democratically expressed their displeasure with his policies not becoming of a Mini ster when it came to immigration policy?
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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So the Premier is saying that it is okay for a minister to call the members of the public bullies?
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay. I am going to rush through most of what I have. I am going to now go on to Head 13, which is the Post Office. Madam Chairman, the Post Office which is on page B -279, has an expenditure of $10.6 million and revenues of $4.4 million. I have some serious co ncerns about the Post Office at …
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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But I have not heard that much about it. There are MPs who sit across the aisle for Paget, but I have not heard that much about it. Are these MPs concerned about the fact that their parish has no post office? I cannot believe, Madam Chairman, that these MPs —two of which . . . Well, actually there are …
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Briefly because you are taking into my time. POINT OF INFORMATION Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: The Honourable Member will know that we hear it all but daily, so there is a challenge; we do get the concerns expressed. However, we have to deal with the situation that we have.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. I will move on, Madam Chairman. There seems to be a situation with the Post Office that the Government . . . I guess they are listening. They say they are listening. But when it comes t o this situation there are people who have a consider-able amount of concern. But I will move on, because I assume that …
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Oh, sorry. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Yes, go ahead.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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There was a question about the Focus funding. I do not know if you mentioned that and also . . . Focus funding and also under NDC about t he issues concerning any further work on decriminalisation, which was coming out of the Cannabis Review Committee report under NDC. I think those are some of the questions I asked. I …
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. QUESTIONS: STAFFING OF POST OFFICES 1. Will the Honourable Minister please provide this Honourable House with the current status of the building and staff of the Harrington Sound Post Office? 2. Will the Honourable Minister please provide this Honourable House with the current status of the building and staff of the Somerset Post Office? 3. Will the Honourable Minister …
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise with pride to support the effort by my honourable colleague who sits in constituency 17 and the motion which he has brought of which we on this side feel is of urgent importance. This has become the situation it has, Mr. Speaker, because of actions, intentions (and in some cases) perceptions. If you allow, …
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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That it would seem, Mr. Speaker, that — Dr. the Hon. E. Grant Gibbons: Point of order.
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I will withdraw the word. Dr. the Hon. E. Grant Gibbons: Yes.
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker —
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I withdraw the word, but I will describe the situations that many people are bringing to my eyes. In a situation where despair, fear, uncertainty and great concern are spread rampant . . . I will not attach it to any insect. But that is how people feel they are being tr eated by this Government. So I will make …
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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So I have done it, Mr. Speaker. It is done. And I have obliged your request. But I will move on because, Mr. Speaker, that is the condition that we find ourselves in. But this journey, unfortunately, has not been pleasant for the peo-ple of Bermuda when it comes to the One Bermuda Alliance and its handling of immigration policy. …
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay. It is enough time. The European Convention on Human Rights is a very interesting document. But it is rather disi ngenuous, because we all know what its purpose is for. We all know what it does. It is an extension of the UN Convention, as well, as to what it is supposed to do. If you read that convention, …