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Walton Brown

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12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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I have a copy of the 2002 agre ement, MOU, that was put in place. As I have already said to him, I will give him a review of this, so he has a copy, [to see] what it clearly states. I would not [have given] you the answer if it was not in the actual agreement itself. What I …
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, I do not wish to be pedantic. Sharing with me a copy and giving me a copy are two very dif ferent things. Will the Minister commit to providing me with a copy as opposed to simply sight of the agreement? Hon. L. Craig Cannonier: Not a problem at all, Mr. Speaker.
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Just one quick question for the Honourable Minister and Premier. Mr. Premier, when the census was delayed last year, the issue, as I recall, was that it was a cost issue and that is why it was being delayed. I see in your Ministerial Statement that the cost of $1.7 million is precisely the same as it was last year. …
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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It is a supplementary.
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Would the Minister agree that it is fair for the public to suggest that, in light of the spike [in crime] of which he describes, that these initiatives might not actually be achieving the goals that they have been established for?
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Seventeen.
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman—
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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I know we are not talking about civil unions and divorce, I think that is specifically where Henry VIII was most —
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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So I need some help from the Minister because I cannot understand how a Minister, without coming before Parliament, can effectively make new law. And I need clarification on that. Our primary purpose here is to have laws according to our Constitution. How is it that any section in any proposed legislation can give authorisation to something that is outside …
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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It would be nice if the Attorney General were here to provide explanation as well.
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Just for the record, Madam Chairman—
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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If we were to allow such an amendment to go through, or a piece of legislation to go through, it would set a fundamentally dangerous precedent, [and] that measure could be included in any legislation going forward.
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, I understand that there are some of us who want to get through this legislation right quickly, but we have to do it right. And this House cannot pass law which gives any Mini ster the ability to pass laws on his own. It is a fundamentally dangerous precedent. It usurps the power of Parliament. It makes a …
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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No, no, no, no. Let us get som ething straight.
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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I am sorry. My apologies, Madam Chairman. These crises develop within a relatively short period of time. They do not take place in 24 hours. Why not give the Minister authority . . . or why not just reconvene Parliament for an emergency session? But to give a Minister authority to bypass this Legislature is fundamentally inappropriate. We cannot . …
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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I am your constituent.
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There may an electricity problem, Mr. Speaker, but there is certainly a lot of energy being generated, so we will continue with that. Mr. Speaker, I wish to also commend the Government for taking this step with the new Electric ity Bill. It is important to get our power and energy needs managed under a Regulatory …
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I did read the Bill, Mr. Speaker, and my competence in English is not bad. My point is that the Bill contains a certain number of provisions. Any reading of what is written here will say that where this Bill is silent then the 1951 legislation takes priority. Where this Bill is silent, it takes priority. I take …
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we can go through this when we get to the actual clauses, it is fine with me.
12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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But this gets to the main point that I would like to make, Mr. Speaker, because one of the problems with this Bill, in my view, is that it gives a place of primacy to BELCO. BELCO will co ntinue to own the grid. BELCO will continue to control the grid. You may say, Well, who else is going to …