September 30, 2019

2018/19 SESSION
of the
BERMUDA SENATE
OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT
30 September 2019
Sitting number 21 of the 2018/19 Session
(pages 649–654)
Sen. The Hon. Joan E. Dillas -Wright, MBE, JP
President
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BERMUDA SENATE
OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT
30 SEPTEMBER 2019
10:0 4 AM
Sitting Number 21 of the 201 8/19 Session
[Sen. the Hon. Joan E. Dillas -Wright , President , pre-
siding ]
The President: Good morning, Senators.
The Senate is in session; shall we pray?
PRAYERS
[
Prayers read by Sen. the Hon. Joan E. Dillas -Wright ,
President ]
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
[Minutes of 24 and 29 July 2019 ]
The President: The Minutes of the 24th and the 29th of
July 2019. Senator Jardine .
Sen. James S. Jardine: Madam President.
The President: Yes.
Sen. James S. Jardine: Madam President, I move
that the Minutes of the meetings of Wednesday, the
24th of July 2019, and Monday, the 29th of July 2019,
be taken as read.
The President: Is there any objection to that motion?
No objection.
Sen. James S. Jardine: Madam President.
The President: Senator Jardine, carry on .
Sen. James. S. Jardine: Madam President, I move
that the Minutes of Wednesday, the 24th of July 2019 ,
and Monday, the 29th of July 2019 , be confirmed as
the correct record of those meetings.
The President : Is there any objection to that motion?
No objection.
The Minutes of the 24th and the 29th of July
2019 are confirmed. Thank you, Senator Jardine.
[
Minutes of 24 and 29 July 2019 confirmed]
MESSAGES
The Clerk: There are no messages, Madam Pres i-
dent. The President: Thank you.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
The President: There are none.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The President: Senator Richardson, you have the
floor.
Sen. Anthony Richardson: Good morning, Madam
President.
The President: Good morning.
Sen. Anthony Richardson: I have two, if you don’t
mind I will do them together .
The President: Yes. Certainly, Senator.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2018
FUTURE STATE REPORT DATED AUGUST 23,
2019, BY BERMUDAFIRST
Sen. Anthony Richardson: Thank you. The first,
Madam President, the Annual Report of the Registrar
General .
Madam President, I hereby present for the i n-
formation of the Senate the Annual Report of the Reg-
istrar General for the year ended 31st December
2018.
And the second, the Future State Report .
Madam President, I hereby present for the information
of the Senate t he Future State Report dated A u-
gust 23, 2019, by BermudaFirst.
The President: Thank you, Senator Richardson.
You have a third? The Third one is the Bermuda Educators
Council.
Sen. Jason Hayward: Madam President.
The President: You have the floor.
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Bermuda Senate BERMUDA EDUCATORS COUNCIL (EXEMPTION)
(2019 TO 2020 SCHOOL YEAR) ORDER 2019

Sen. Jason Hayward: I hereby present for the infor-
mation of the Senate the draft Order entitled the Ber-muda Educators Counci l (Exemption) (2019 to 2020
School Year) Order 2019, as made by the Minister
responsible for Education under the provisions of sec-
tions 5(1) and 20(3) of the Bermuda Educators Coun-
cil Act 2002.

The President: Thank you, Senator Hayward.

NOTICES OF MOTION
The President: There are none.
Item 7, Petitions . We have a petition .

Sen. James S. Jardine: Madam President.

The President: Senator Jardine, you have the floor.

PETITION

WALSINGHAM TRUST

Sen. James S. Jardine: Thank you, Madam Pres i-
dent. I hereby present the following Petition:
The Petition of the Walsingham Trust reques t-
ing the enactment of certain provisions in relation to the trust, and amendment s to the Walsingham Trust
Act 1942 to accommodate current circumstances and practice as more particularly set out in the private Bill entitled the Walsingham Trust Amendment Act 2019,
which accompanies the Petition.
Madam President, I move that the said Pet i-
tion be referred to the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Private Bills for consideration and r e-
port.

The President: Thank you, Senator Jardine.
Your Petition will be submitted.

Sen. James S. Jardine: Thank you, Madam Pres i-
dent.

STATEMENTS
The President: There are none.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
The President: There are none.

FIRST READING OF PUBLIC BILLS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AMENDMENT ACT 2019

DIGITAL ASSETS BUSINESS
AMENDMENT ACT 2019

EMPLOYMENT (MATERNITY LEAVE EXTENSION
AND PATERNITY LEAVE) AMENDMENT ACT 2019

MERCHANT SHIPPING AMENDMENT ACT 2019

TOURISM INVESTMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2019

The President: The following public Bills have been
received from the Honourable House of Assembly and
are now here read for the first time.
Their titles are, respectively : The Economic
Development Amendment Act 2019; The Digital A s-
sets Business Amendment Act 2019; The Emplo y-
ment (Maternity Leave Extension and Paternity Leave) Amendment Act 2019; The Merchant Shipping
Amendment Act 2019 ; and The Tourism Investment
Amendment Act 2019 .

FIRST READING OF PRIVATE BILLS

The President: There are none.

QUESTION PERIOD
The President: There are none.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

The President: We have no Order s of the Day today.
Those Bills that have been mentioned will be taken up
on Wednesday.

MOTIONS

The President: There are none.

CONGRATULATORY AND/OR
OBITUARY SPEECHES
The President: The floor is open for anyone to speak.
Senator Jardine , you have the floor .
Sen. James S. Jardine: Thank you, Madam Pres i-
dent.
Madam President, I would like to send condo-
lences to the family of John or “Jack” Lightbourn, as
he was known. Jack Lightbour n, as many of you will
know, was a very avid shell collector , or a malacol o-
gist, as it is properly called. But if I say “ shell colle c-
tor,” then we all know what we are talking about. Jack,
as he was known, had an incredible collection of
shells, well over 1,700 that I am aware of. And I think
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Bermuda Senate he still retained some in his home. But certainly, the
Underwater Institute has many of Jack’s shells on di s-
play. And this was over a lifetime of collecting shells,
even as he was as a young boy.
Jack should also be remembered as one of
the very active members of BIOS [Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences], as well, which obviously was in
place long before the Underwater Institute. And he
was one of the first trustees of the BIOS station some
years ago. And so, Madam President, I would like to
send condolences to his family.
And also , to the fam ily of Dr. Leonard Teye-
Botchway. Leonard, as I knew him, and I knew him for
many years, as I attended his offices at least once a
year, was one of those physicians who took great i n-
terest in the patients he saw, a man of great compas-
sion, obviously extrem ely involved and interested in
other parts of the world in medicine, and gave much of
his time to those communities. And so, I would also
like to send condolences to his family.
Thank you, Madam President.

The President: Thank you, Senator Jardine.
Would any other Senator care to speak?
Senator Michelle Simmons, you have the
floor.

Sen. Michelle Simmons: Good morning, Madam
President.

The President: Good morning.

Sen. Michelle Simmons: I would first like to send
congratulations to the Anglican Churc h of Bermuda,
and especially to the congregation of Christ Anglican
Church Devonshire. I had the pleasure of attending the service of licensing and installation for the Reve r-
end Father Jamaine J. Tucker, who is now priest in
charge of the Parish of Devonsh ire. It was a beautiful
service with the church filled to capacity, with standing
room only, on Thursday of last week. We were also
treated to a wonderful message from the Reverend
Canon Nontombi Naomi -Cecilia Tutu, who is the
daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Her message
was very simple, but very poignant. And I would like to
ask for congratulations to be sent to the Bishop of the Diocese, Nicholas Dill, as well as to the entire congr e-
gation of Christ Church Devonshire. And wishing with
those congratulations, all the best to Reverend Father
Jamaine Tucker as he begins his ministry within De v-
onshire Parish.
I would also like to ask for condolences to be
sent to the family of the late Sir James Rufus
Astwood, well known in Bermuda as our former Chief
Justice, as well as a member of the Court of Appeal
after he stepped down from his position as Chief Jus-
tice. I think we have heard various summations of his
career, but I would just like to mention that Sir James
began his legal career in the Cayman Islands and in Jamaica before he came to Bermuda as Senior Ma g-
istrate in 1974. He served as Chief Justice from 1977 to 1993 and is credited with, I guess, improved man-
agement of the courts here in Bermuda. He became
President of the Court of Appeal here in Bermuda in 1995 and served there until 2003. I would like for us to
send condolences to his family (o f course, his late
wife, Lady Gloria, has passed), but his children, K a-
ren, David and Melanie; and also, his surviving si b-
lings.
Thank you, Madam President.

The President: Thank you, Senator Michelle Si m-
mons.
Would any other Senator care to speak?
Senator Robinson, you have the floor.

Sen. Dwayne Robinson: Thank you, Madam Pres i-
dent.
I would like to send a congratulatory message
to all the folks who came together to bring about Ber-
muda’s first Pride parade, OUTBermuda and all the
various organisers. I had the pleasure of attending
and getting myself a J&B’s Wood Fired pizza . And to
see how folks were so emotional by being able to
come out and kind of celebrate themselves in the
midst of their own country, I feel like it was a beautiful
thing to behold. And I would just like to send my con-
gratulatory message to them.
Thank you ver y much.

The President: Thank you, Senator Robinson.
Would any other Senator care to speak?
Senator Kempe, you have the floor.
Sen. Nicholas Kempe: Thank you, Madam Pres i-
dent.
I would also like to associate my congratul a-
tions to Senator Robinson’s congrats.
Over the break, we have had a number of
sporting successes for Bermuda, whether it be at the
Pan American games , international football event s,
Bermuda Men’s team was crowned Caribbean cham-
pions. But I would especially like to highlight from the
break the continued success of Jessica Lewis. She brought back two golds, one in 400[-metre] and in
200[-metre] , as well as a silver in 800[ -metre] . She
also set a new Parapan Am record in the 100- metre,
which broke her previous 100- metre record set in
2015 in Toronto.
So, I would like to congratulate everyone who
has been representing Bermuda over the summer.

The President: Thank you, Senator Kempe.
Would any other Senator care to speak?
Madam Attorney General, Senator Kathy Lynn
Simmons .
You have the flo or.

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Bermuda Senate Sen. the Hon. Kathy Lynn Simmons: Thank you,
Madam President.
I would like send my sincere thanks to the
Salvation Army and the other helping organisations
that assist with the recovery of addicts. We actually
are celebrating recovery month, this month . . . and I
think they are almost Bermuda’s unsung heroes in this
domain. We had the opportunity to join a march . . . I
should not say a march, a relay . They had a relay
where they passed the baton to me down at the cen o-
taph and it was passed by a recovering addict who
was celebrating his success today . So to the organ i-
sations that provide assistance and focus and sust e-
nance, even, to this demographic of our population I
would like to say thank you on behalf of all of us .
In addition, I would like t o congratulate the
students of our schools that participated in the Mirrors
annual art competition . They had a wonderful award
ceremony and recognition ceremony for them at Ma s-
terworks last week and the contributions and exhibits
were absolutely fabulous. I think more of us need to
actually take the time to go and visit the Masterworks
exhibits which show real, real burgeoning and existing
talent in the Island tucked away by Tom Butterfield
and his crew. They did a sterling job, and I think we
need to support, especially the students , who actually
participated. And to the parents and teachers and
schools that supported the exhibition, congratulations to all of you.
Thank you, Madam President.

The President: Thank you, Senator Kathy Lynn Si m-
mons.
Sen Marcus Jones: Madam President.

The President: Yes. Senator Marcus Jones.
Senator Jones, you have the floor.

Sen Marcus Jones: Thank you, Madam President.
Good morning to my fellow colleagues here in the
Senate, as well as the listening audience.
I would surely like to highlight and offer con-
gratulations to those within our community who were
able to contribute to the efforts in the Bahamas during
their ordeal. When we look at the pictures of the dam-age that was done to that island— homes, persons
who were killed through that terrible ordeal —it breaks
your heart to see the human tragedy that was unfol d-
ing before our eyes.
And I believe that words need to be said to
express our thanks and congratulations to those who were able to give to the efforts so much so that it was
more than those who were collecting thought that they
were able to put together.
And then too, in light of the fact that we were,
here in Bermuda, in the midst of our challenges with
our hurricane that we had to deal with, we also want
to give congratulations to the teams here on the I s-land—the Regiment, Works and Engineering, police,
BELCO, all those government agencies and transport organisations that just jumped in and were part of the
Island- wide team that put us back and put Bermuda
back into business. So, I wanted to extend those con-
gratulations. Thank you.

The President: Thank you , Senator Jones. I am sure
the entire Senate body will support your comments.
Would any other Senator care to speak?
No? Then I would just like to as sociate myself
with the comments that have been made by Senator
Jardine for the family of Dr. Teye -Botchway who was
also my physician. I agree with everything that he has
said.
I would also like to be associated with the
comments about Sir James Astwood that Senator
Michelle Simmons had spoken about, and to Rever-
end Father Jamaine Tucker . It is the church that I at-
tend, and I was there on Thursday night. And, of course, as you said, a grand occasion. He was able to
give a sermon yesterday and it was well received. So
we look forward to his service.
I would also like to extend condolences to the
family of Dr. James King. He died in mid-August and
there was a memorial service in Pembroke. Dr. King
was a renowned thoracic surgeon, as everybody
knows. He was chairman of several Bermuda bus i-
nesses , including the Bank of Butterfield and he was
the chairman of the Bermuda College, and also, of the
Grotto Bay hotel . So, I would like, I am sure, for the
Senate to send condolences to all who have been
mentioned, but also to his wife, Lauren, his son,
James and sister Ann and brother Paul. His gran d-
mother and my grandmother were sisters. So it is fa m-
ily.
So all who have been mentioned today, I think
deserve the comments that have been made, and I
thank you all for yo ur comments.
And before I finish , I would just like on behalf
of the Senate to congratulate our dear Senate co l-
league, Senator Jason Hayward, on his recent mar-riage. Congratulations to you, sir .
Moving on then, we have the adjournment.

ADJOURNMENT

The President: Senator Kathy Lynn Simmons.

Sen. the Hon. Kathy Lynn Simmons: Thank you,
Madam President.
I move that the Senate now adjourn to
Wednesday, October the 2nd.
The President: Thank you.
Would any Senator care to speak on the mo-
tion to adjourn?
No? No one?
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Bermuda Senate Therefore, Senators, thank you for your pres-
ence this morning and the Senate stands adjourned
until Wednesday, the 2nd of October . Thank you.

[At 10:23 am, the Senate stood adjourned until
10:00 am, Wednesday, 2 October 2019.]

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