December 12, 2018

Good morning.

Sen. Anthony Richardson: I would definitely like to
be associated with the comments from Senator Si mmons in terms of Mr. Richards and also for former
Commissioner Penny Bean.
In terms of Penny Bean, I w ill just add that he
became Commissioner in 1981. In the same year, I
joined as a police cadet. And I remember clearly, I graduated from Warwick Academy, and the comment
from others was that, Well, Anthony, you know, you’re
not going to be a policeman. Why are you doing this,
blah blah blah?
Mr. Bean said to me, Anthony, the reason why
. . . I understand you may not stay as a police officer.
But I want you to join in any event, because I believe
that anybody who joins the Police Service in any c apacity will have a better appreciation for what police
officers do. And so, therefore, I don’t mind if you join and then resign to go into university, which did occur.
And with Terrence, by the way, I also went to Acadia and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in busi ness
administration and went on to the accounting side.
And so, that is why I was smiling as Senator Simmons
was giving her comments.
The other really sad note, to be honest, and
. . . yes, definitely a sad note, is that Mr. Phillip
Phoopa, more commonly known as Phillip Anderson,
is also deceased. I have commented before in terms
of the icons from St. George’s who seem to be pas sing away on a very regular basis. But, normally, they are older. Phillip was younger. If I understand correc tly, he was about 58. And I say that because he was a
young guy, very animated.
And there was no question that St. George’s
was first and foremost in his mind. And Senator Si mmons said also we served together on the Corporation
of St. George’s. And I can assure you, it is very clear
in my mind right now, that Phillip had so much passion, I will call it, we had very intense conversations.
And I know that in the Throne Speech it was announced that St. George’s would have a marina. I
trusted that that would come to fruition, bec ause that
was one of his passions. He was a seaman at heart.
He operated the St. George’s Visitors Centre, and
everybody from St. George’s knows Phillip.
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Bermuda Senate I cannot say any more, except that he will definitely be missed. And he was also part of what I want
to refer to as a “dynasty” in St. George’s. His grandmother would be more like 100. So, he was just really,
really impressive. And so, I will stop there.
On a somewhat more positive note, I suppose, I want to also congratulate Mr. Cordell Riley,
who is the owner and operator of Profiles of Bermuda.
Many of you will know that, a lot of times, the news
media will refer, or defer, to him in terms of generic
comments, not from an opinion perspective, but more so from a factual perspective. He is a statistici an, formerly employed by government, now employed at the
Bermuda College. But I say that because this year,
April actually, marked the 20
th anniversary of his operation of Profiles of Bermuda, which was one of the pioneers, if you will, of private statisti cal research, and
very, very well regarded in terms of all kinds of things.
And the final comment was, generally speaking, I had the opportunity to attend TCD [Transport Control Department]. And I want to commend the staffing, because sometimes you go there and it is like
. . . I want to say “drama.” But it was very, very pleasant. It was the last day of the month.

[Laughter]

Sen. Anthony Richardson: Everybody was there to
get their vehicles licensed. And I went there. The
room was completely full at about 8:30. And very
pleasantly, you know, after maybe 30 minutes, I was
done. And so again, it just goes to show that, with a ttention, staff do a good job. When I walked in, I said,
What? I am going to be here all day !
[Laughter]
Sen. Anthony Richardson: And then in 30 minutes, I
was out of there. So, thank you, Madam President.
The President: Thank you, Senator Richardson.
Would any other Senator care to speak?
Senator Campbell, you have the floor.
Sen. Vance Campbell: Thank you, Madam President.
I would also like to associate myself with the
expression of condolences to the family of Mr. Ric hards, the former Police Commissioner, Mr. Bean; and
also, Mr. Anderson. I first met Phoopa when I was playing as a 12- year-old for the Under -14 Bantam
team for Devonshire Colts. And he played for the then Wellington Rovers. And I just knew him as Phoopa. You know, he was the guy that you did not want to get
the ball. If you gave him half a chance, he would punish you. He was tough opponent on the field, and I
think he took that toughness off the field in his fight for
improvements to the St. George’s community. So, with that, Madam President, I would like to
add my name to the condolences that were expressed. Thank you.

The President: Thank you, Senator Campbell.
Would any other Senator care to speak?
No? Then I think I would just like to say I am
sure that all Senators would like to be associated with
the comments made by Senator Michelle Simmons
with regard to Mr. Terrence Richards, as well as
Commissioner Bean. And I would add Phoopa. It
sounds as if he was really quite a character. So, I am
sure we all would want to be associated with those
comments.

ADJOURNMENT

The President: Senator Richardson, do you want to
speak? The Attorney General had an emergency. So,
Senator Richardson will speak on Adjournment.

The Clerk: Adjournment date? Do you have a date?
The President: Do you have a date for the adjour nment?

Sen. Anthony Richardson: Yes.

The President: You can speak to it.
Sen. Anthony Rich ardson: Madam President, I now
move that the Senate do adjourn until Monday, D ecember 17.
The President: Are there any objections to that m otion?
No. The Senate will meet on Monday.
The Clerk: Move the adjournment motion now. Just
move that we adjourn.

The President: You need to move that we adjourn.
Sen. Anthony Richardson: Oh. So, with that, Madam
President, I now move that we adjourn.
The President: Thank you.
Would any Senator care to speak on the m otion to adjourn?
Senator Michelle Simmons, you have the
floor.

Sen. Michelle Simmons: Madam President, thank
you very much for this opportunity.
I do not often speak on the motion to adjourn.
But, I really have to today.

[Pause]



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Sen. Michelle Simmons: I am pausing because I just
want to make sure that I do not get too emotional.
Public education . . . we cannot afford to continue on the current path without there being huge
negative consequences for our children. We cannot
afford, in this country, to continue to expect the best if
we do not put it into our schools. We have had, and we have seen it over the years, a shrinking public e ducation sector in this country. We cannot afford to
continue down that path either, because in any country in the world we must have a strong, vibra nt public
education sector to ensure that we are doing right by
every person in this country.
People should not have to take their children
out of public education and move them into the private
sector because they fear that their children will not get
the education that they deserve in our public schools.
I believe —and I believe this with every bone
in my body —that the problems we are experiencing in
our public schools can be fixed! But it will take a unified effort on the part of every one of the key st akeholders in our public schools, and those who are r esponsible for the administration, the management, the support of our schools. That includes everyone! It is parents, it is our students, it is all of the educators, it is
the principals, it is the folks at the Department of Education, the Ministry of Education; it is everyone. Ev eryone has to be part of the solution.
So, we cannot keep having these divisions,
where teachers feel that they have no choice but to
abandon the education of the children whom they are
there to serve. And I believe that the majority of people in our schools want the best for our young people.
I believe that the administrators at the department and
at the Ministry of Education want to see our children
excel. But there has to be a meeting of the minds.
There has to be a coming together.
If we fail to do this, we will continue to be
plagued by inequalities in our community, which lead
to disaffection, feelings of not belonging, a sense that public education is not worth anything, also a sense
that there is nothing here for me. And therefore, the
separation continues in our society.
Bermuda, we have to get it right! So, today,
before we close, I would just like to issue this plea,
and that is that we all work together to fix what is going wrong in our public schools. Madam President, I hope that I have not been too emotional. But it really
does hurt to see what is happening right now in public education.
Thank you.

The President: Thank you, Senator Michelle Si mmons. And we hear you loud and clear.
Would any other Senator care to speak?
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Sen. Jason Hayward: Thank you, Madam President.
The situation with education affects us all. I
have three children in the public education sy stem. I
have skin in the game. Certainly, the problems that
the education system has experienced are not brandnew problems. They are not brand- new problems. We
have had a legacy of issues with public education. This is one of those areas in which it is di fficult to
readily address.
Some of the issues that are stemming from
behavioural problems are creating a shock in our sy stem that, admittedly, we were not 100 per cent pr epared for. The need for additional paraeducators in our school system is creating h uge issues, when you
do not have a pool of paraeducators just lying around,
waiting to be hired. There are additional demands for
services in our public education system that were not required many, many years ago. Despite that, I believe that the Minister and his team are putting their
best foot forward to resolve this particular area and
these issues.
It kind of seems like everything has hit its
peak of frustration. You have the principals, who have
a long set of issues, and rightfully so, who have submitted issues to the Government. And you have the
teachers who have submitted a long set of issues that
they have submitted to the Government. And now,
you see this ongoing level of industrial action. But the
issues that the teachers and the principals are exper iencing transcend industrial relations. These are not
terms and conditions and contractual issues. And now
we see social commentary coming from presidents of
PTAs. Parents have always been concerned. Teac hers have always had the issues that they are currently experiencing.
When I listened to the teachers’ list of concerns, when they complained about the level of band-width in schools . . . many of us came up in an era
where there were no computers in the classroom. But
now it is a requirement for effect ive education. Nonfunctioning computers . . . I do not think the Minister can sit up and predict which computers are not going to work on which days, but it is a problem with these
little infrastructure [matters] of the school system that
we have to address. You can recall that the Minister
spent a huge portion of his first year fixing infrastructure issues in our school system, giving attention
where schools were being closed because of mould issues and things of that nature. That took up a huge
amount of energy and resources. These are historic
problems.
The Minister also is a father who has a child in
the education system. He has skin in the game. It is
no benefit to society, or to this Government, to have an education system that is not effective and producing outputs which are beneficial for our society. That
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Bermuda Senate has been recognised, as the Premier removed Wor kforce Development responsibilities from the Minister
so that the Minister can solely focus on Education.
I have encouraged the Minister to be in continued dialogue with all critical stakeholders so that they are aware of the progress that is being made,
because, despite the challenges, progress is still being made—not to the level of satisfaction for many,
but that is the reality. It is easy to play politics with this
issue, because this is a critical issue, when you look
at voter concerns —education, health care costs, the
economy.
Madam President, I echo the sentiments of
Senator Simmons, where she implores all parties to work together and find a resolution to the problems that are facing in our education system. We must get
it right; we aim to get it right.
There are success stories that come out of
education. The dual enrolment programmes have
been a huge success, and we see parents trying to
shift their students from private education to public
education to take advantage of that dual enrolment
programme. There are some success stories. But the
reality is that there are some things that need to i mprove on the ground. And this Government is making
every effort to ensure that we address those issues.
You may have seen industrial action on Monday, where teachers removed their labour from the school system. What you would not have seen were
the meetings that took place on Sunday with the President of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, where all of
the concerns were on the table and discussions were
had in terms of how the Government intends to make progress and correct some of those concerns. Some
of the concerns that individuals have cannot be fixed
overn ight.
Madam President, it is important, because I
see headlines that say that our school system is at an all-time low. What does that mean? What does that
mean, Madam President, that our school system is at an all -time low? That means that my children are
bound to fail? Madam President, as a parent, do I
have to accept, because my children are in public schools, that they are bound to fail?
My children come home and tell me what they
learned on a weekly basis. I know my children are learning in the public school system. My sons enjoy
middle school. They enjoy Dellwood Middle School.
They come home, and while I may not receive a r eport card this year, they tell me of their successes that they are having regarding their testing. I am a proud
parent. I do not view it [through] a lens where my chi ldren are at some severe disadvantage because they
are in the public school system.
What I do not want is the picture out there that
our children are not learning, that there are not successes in our public school sys tem. I do not know
what “ at an all -time low ” means. Yes, there are issues.
And, yes, we are in a current impasse. But I also r e-call teachers standing on the roadside with placards
saying they need pens, pencils and other things under
the previous administr ation. Was our school system at
an all -time low then? Or are we lower now? And
teachers did not have Wi -Fi. Now we have installed
Wi-Fi, it is not to the standard in which some would
desire. But is it better or worse for us to be considered
in an all- time low position?
School was shut down last year because of
mould and things of that nature. Those problems have
been rectified, to a certain extent. How are we this year now in an all -time low position? My daughter has
transitioned from Victor Scott Preschoo l to Victor
School Primary School. I sat down with her P1 teac her, and he said, This is going to be extremely short .
Jade meets all expectations. In all subject matters,
she is doing perfectly fine.
He then smiled and says, Apart from her tal king a little too much.

[Laughter]

Sen. Jason Hayward: And when I have dialogue with
my five -year-old daughter, I see her development. I
see her growth. I do not view it as though public education is failing my children. Is it the best system? No.
Is there need for improvement? Yes. Do we all need
to work together for improvement? Yes. Does the O pposition politicise . . . or do political parties politicise, education a bit too much? Yes. We have to both take
blame for that. Politicising education . . . there is
where we would need a concerted effort to work t ogether.
When we have presidents of PTAs who have
no children in the public school system, I wonder what
is their motive in saying that the education system is
at an all -time low? Because in my household, my chi ldren are learning. I also recognise that I attended a
meeting with teachers, and teachers say, You know
what? For this particular year in my career, and I have
been teaching for 15- plus years, it has been the most
difficult. And when you ask for the reasons why, it had
nothing to do with the resources that were provided
from the Ministry. It is because they have persons
within their classroom who have social issues that make it very difficult for them to teach.
Despite the challenges, Madam President, I
want to ensure members of the public, my fellow Senators, that this Government has education as a prior ity. This Government will put its best foot forward to have an education system that provides the outputs that are necessary for the success of our young ones
and our community. We have to recognise that there
are success stories coming out of our public education
system. We have to recognise that the system is currently not perfect. The system currently has challenges. But we are working to resolve those is sues. And
education will remain a priority for this Government.
Thank you, Madam President.


Bermuda Senate The President: Thank you, Senator Hayward.
Would any other Senator care to speak on the
motion to adjourn?
Senator Jardine, you have the floor.

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Sen. James S. Jardine: Madam President, I was not
going to really speak on the topic, but it seems to
have gathered some momentum here. I too have made some suggestions to the Minister, as few as
they are, of my views on education. And I think the
first thing I would like to say is that the Minister needs
to stay the course. I think Bermuda public education
has suffered greatly because of the swinging door
issue of Ministers. And I think the predecessor in the
Senate here made the statement some years ago that
the longest -serving Education Minister was something
like 11 months in term. And there have been many Ministers of Education in my brief time here in the Senate. So, the first thing I would say to the Minister is
stay the course.
There is no way that he is going to satisfy
everybody. And it is mainly because of the numerous issues that the public education system is faced with.
And we have heard some of them this morning. We know that the infrastructure within our school system
was, and still is, in dire need of some attention. And
we know that a lot has been done in the last year or
two to rectify the circumstances that the teachers and
the students have faced within their own schools.
Many of these schools are very old buildings and r equire an inordinate amount of maintenance.
We have heard about the social issues that
exist in the classrooms. And I have heard some pretty
horrific stories of some of the situations that are occurring in our classrooms. And the teachers are trying to
teach, and they are also trying to discipline students
who have social issues. And it is very difficult. I am not
a teacher; my wife is. And I know some of the issues
that she had to face in her 35 years as a teacher. And
that cannot be ignored.
What I would say is that i n any circumstance
there needs to be a communication, a strong and building communication between the Minister and the principals and the teachers in the schools so that
there is a degree of consultation and, at the end of the
day, an understanding of what can be accomplished
during a period of time.
Sometimes, I think with change, when we are
thinking of changing our school system or making
changes to the way in which we grade our students,
the way in which we tell them how well they are doing
or how bad they are doing, sometimes there can be
too much change at the same time. And I think there
needs to be, should we say, a rethink of what we want
to change and how quickly we want to bring that
change so that we get the teachers and the principals on board to make the changes that need to be made,
but in a somewhat careful and calm way. This way, everybody buys into whatever the changes are that
you want to make. Also, we should try to address,
wherever we can, the issues that are before us, bear-ing in mind that there are always budgetary contracts
with whatever we want to do.
I mean, I keep hearing this time and time
again, We need to do this, but we don’t have the
money. We all know that. So, there is no question that
the Minister in this particular Minist ry has a very diff icult row to hoe. There are a lot of issues on the table.
And I would just advocate that he stay the course; that
communication improve between himself, the princ ipals of the schools and teachers; and that together
they find a way through this where they can say,
Okay. We recognise that there are these 20 things
that we have to do. We recognise that this is the
change that we want to bring. We cannot do it all at
once. So, let us, as a group, decide which are the
most critical issues that are on our list of things to do.
And let us agree to tackle those first.
And I think if that particular course is taken,
then we will begin to see a much better working rel ationship between the Government and the principals and the teachers in the schools . It certainly is not a
position I would ever want to fill as Minister of Educ ation. It is a very difficult position. I have no doubt that the Minister is well aware of all of the issues that are
before him. He has a child in the school. And he
knows that it is important that we get this right. And
so, I would ask him to stay the course. And I would
ask that there be, as was said earlier, a reconciliation,
a coming together of all of the players and stakehol ders in this particular issue to resolve the issues that are before us.
It can be done, and I have no doubt it will be
done. Thank you very much, Madam President.

The President: Thank you, Senator Jardine.
Would any other Senator care to speak on the
motion to adjourn?
No? Then we will . . .

[Inaudi ble interjection]

The President: Oh, did you want to speak? I am sorry. I beg your pardon.
Senator Richardson.

The Clerk: You have the right to speak.
The President: Yes, you do! And I am sorry I did not
see you.
Sen. Anthony Richardson: It is fine, Madam Pres ident.
The President: You have the floor.
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Sen. Anthony Richardson: I am getting used to this
short responsibility for the day.
I too had a serious issue with the headlines in
yesterday’s newspaper, to be honest. And I did what I
do not normally do, which is, I actually read some of the commentary. And, in a word, the commentary was
“atrocious. ” I say atrocious because the commentators
made it seem as though anybody who is in public education is only there because their parents cannot
afford otherwise, and that they are, effectively, social
misfits. It is without doubt that that is entirely, entirely
incorrect.
I want to, very quickly, link three things that
took place in Bermuda and explain why I would men-tion the m in the context of education. One, we had a
shooting, and someone died. Two, we spoke earlier in
that Mr. Richards died. His wife is Kalmar Richards,
the Commissioner of Education. Three, we spoke ear-lier of Phoopa Anderson, who died.
How are those things tied together? We know
that a lot of times, if not all of the time, the shootings
that take place result from social dysfunction. And we
speak to anybody who has been to Westgate, a lot of
times the persons who commit these crimes and other crimes do so as a result of a lack of education. In
many cases, the guys especially, cannot read, for example. And you can trace it back, a lot of times, to
their education. There were some issues there, for
various reasons. And they will tell you that.
Ms. Richards is a leader in education. She
was at CedarBridge for an extended period of time. And if anybody went there, absolutely brilliant, she
would stand there and know every child’s name as
they entered the premises —every child.
Phillip Anderson. What many of us may not
know . . . and he told me this himself. You mentioned
it, Senator Simmons, to some degree. Phillip was actually a student in Bermuda at East End Primary at a
time when Bermuda was segregated. A decision was
made that they should integrate the schools. And
some of the children had to . . . not had to, but were
allocated to go to what was formerly the St. George’s
Prep. He did not go. But he told me about the exper ience of some of his classmates who did go. And I will
not say it was a negative for him, but trying to say that
all of these things do go to education.
And, as Senator Hayward and many others
have said, there is no way that education cannot be
given what is necessary to succeed. Clearly, I am a Government Senator, so I am not going to speak too
much in terms of the impasse or whatever that took
place this week. But more so in the community it is to
have members realise that if you think that persons who are in public education right now are the social
misfits, you are entirely, entirely wr ong. On a personal level, as many people know, I
have two children. One is 13. One is 17. They are,
again as Senator Hayward spoke about his own chi ldren, excelling in public education. And my wife and I made a conscious decision to make sure that our chi ldren would go through the public system, as both she
and I did, because we recognise that the public sy stem can give them what they need.
My appeal has always been to parents to
make sure that you are involved in various levels. I
have the delight every morning of driving my son to school. And we talk about what is happening at
school. In the evening time, the reverse takes place.
Kallan, what did you learn today? And he will go
through and tell me what he learned.
What is also, to me, amazing is that ri ght now
he is doing math, he is doing some world history, and
some health and whatever. The tas k that I give him
sometimes is, Kallan , get out your whiteboard and
teach Daddy about “ X.” And he will do that, from the
public education system. I went to the parent meet-ings two weeks ago. And, you know, we went around. And, yes, I was happy with the teachers because they
themselves do take an interest in what is happening in
education.
And so, is the system perfect? No, it is not
perfect. But I can assure you that the public system is
definitely doing a good job in terms of our students.
And it is entirely irresponsible for anybody to cast a
towel, if you will, over the entire system to say that it is
graduating dysfunctional or underachieving students.
Senator Hayward also spoke about the dual
enrolment programme. And I know too for a fact that parents may send the children sometimes to private
schools to get the IGCSE, or what have you, but then
enrol them in public education because they want
them to enrol i n the dual enrolment programme, because the students can then, at a much lesser cost,
graduate from high school with their high school di-ploma, plus a two- year associate’s degree from Bermuda College. That is part of the public system.
And, as Senators wi ll know from this session
and last session, I do my best to ensure that I speak
to the positives of public education almost on a weekly
basis, not because I believe that everything is perfect, and not because I am not aware of some things that
are negative, but because I want to make sure that
the positives are actually highlighted. One of my
phrases from last session was that, unfortunately , a
lot of times we shout the failures and whisper the suc-cesses. This is ridiculous ; we have to do better as a
commun ity.
And one of my own motivations, to be honest,
is that we cannot in any way allow for there to be two systems , because, especially when it comes to our
children, we do not know who our children will marry. And so, if we are in any way part of the process that tries to promote or sustain this idea that the private
system is perfect and the public system is less -than,


Bermuda Senate that is not going to work. It is going to create some
significant social dysfunction, going forward.
And so, I would implore all parties, those who
are currently in the education system, from leadership
right down to the teachers and including the paraed ucators, to do what is necessary. Because I know,
again from personal experience, that teachers, educ ators, a lot of them, if not most of them, make treme ndous effort in terms of what they do on a daily basis, up very early doing for children, whether it be buying
supplies, lunches and clothing and all the rest of it, doing things after school and on weekends and the
whole nine yards. And so, I will say yet again that I will
continue to be an advocate for public education and
encourage the public to be practical, to be realistic about what takes place in education.
And as parents, your first responsibility is to
prepare your children to unders tand the value of education and to go to school prepared to learn, not to be
rude, not to be dysfunctional, but to be prepared to
learn. Because I also maintain that a teacher, an edu-cator, will definitely work with any child they have in
their class if th at child is prepared to learn and is well
behaved.

CONSTRUCTION—I NDICATOR O F
HEALTHY ECO NOMY

Sen. Anthony Richardson: On a slightly different
note, I just want to comment that, as I drive to work, and I work in the East, I am mindful of what is happening and what is going on. But as a general comment,
for the economy now (going back to that, as I normally refer to it sometime on a weekly basis), an indicator of
the health of the economy is actually construction, in
this case, residential construction. And as I drive and I
go down South Shore and turn through by Paynters
Road and head down Harrington Sound Road there,
there are three significant residences being built. I
think when we fully understand what is taking place,
there may be some issues becaus e they are using,
you know, arable spaces, obviously, but brand- new
spaces, right?
But my real point is that it is an indication that
what we sometimes hear as all doom -and-gloom cannot be the case. Because if I have access to, and I am
assuming . . . act ually, I am sure that each of these
places will cost more than $1 million. If I have access
to that money, I have to have a positive perspective
on Bermuda to outlay those kinds of funds to build a
residence.

GOVERNMENT FINANCES
AND UPCOMING BUDG ET

Sen. Anthony Richardson: My last comment is, yesterday I heard some comments from the Minister of
Finance at the forum (if you will) of the Institute of D irectors Bermuda. And he put it very succinctly in terms of where we are with respect to government
finances, in that, (1) he w ill be looking, on a pure current account basis, to make sure that there is a surplus; (2) he will make sure that if you take the current
account plus our sinking fund contribution, make that a surplus; and (3) he will make sure that the pure current accou nt, the sinking fund contribution and our
captive expenditure will become a surplus.
And I say that to say that he put it very succinctly. But it bodes well for where we are going in the
context of the Finance Minister, on behalf of Gover nment, who clearl y will be the lead when it comes to
preparing Bermuda for the next budget, which should
be delivered in February of 2019.
So, with that, Madam President, I will co nclude my comments. Thank you.
The President: Thank you, Senator Richardson.
Can I implore you to call my name? Not just
you, but if you find that I am about to close, just say, Madam President. And then I will make sure that I
recognise you.
Would any other Senator care to speak on the
motion?
[Inaudible interjection]

The President: You were the last one. I beg your
pardon, yes. Because you are acting for the Attorney
General. I beg your pardon.
The Senate stands adjourned until Monday,
the 17
th. Have a good weekend. Thank you.

[At 12:28 pm, the Senate stood adjourned, until
10:00 am, Monday, 17 December 2018.]

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