Speeches by Ben Smith, MP

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Considering how important that facility was to the West End, would the Premier be able to get information to provide to the House in the future?

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Second supplementary.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Would the Honourable Premier be able to at least let us know whether the purchase of Sandys 360 by the government has actually been completed? Hon. E. David Burt: The answer is no.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Third question.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 1118 13 June 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Speaker, would the Honourable Premier be able to give us an update on the Ottiwell Simmons Arbitration Centre? Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, there is no further update to report at this time.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Supplementary. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Considering the numerous photo opportunities that were presented on that particular facility, can the Minister of Finance and the Honourable Premier give us any update on what is going to happen to that open lot that has become an eyesore? Considering that [there] has been a significant amount of time since everyone was told that …

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Second supplementary, Mr. Speaker.

13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, the Opposition was able to show a public -private partnership with the airport. On time, on budget. So, my question is, can the Premier explain why he was unable to get a public -private partnership in place in order to get this facility built? [Desk thumping and interjections]

30 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to have a message of condolences be sent to the family of Edric White from Beaming Hill. He's been my neighbour for my entire life, a plumber from Wilfred White and Sons Plumbing. He is the father of my best friend. I know that his entire family was devastated with his loss. …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Firstly, I would like to thank the Honourable Minister for his brief this afternoon and as the Minister said, it was brief. So, he has given us plenty of time to ask questions and have answers to those questions. Mr. Chairman, I would start by declaring my interest as somebody who has been involved with sport …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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And I would agree . . . I think for sure the Minister does agree with me. I have had several opportunities to talk to the Minister. I do get to see the Minister quite often when he's kind of hanging around the area of the National Sports Centre, going to the gym, walking around the track. The things that …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Under 200 1 Administration and Sports. The Minister mentioned that there was additional funding here that was because the Bermuda School Sports Federation , I think , has been brought into this M inistry. It is actually something that has been talked about for several years and this is an opportunity to really merge something that really was probably misfitting …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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—in order to be able to see where those investments are going to be coming from. But you will note that the information there is actually only being provided for 2023 /24.

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, with that being said, obviously this is the year that we have just gone through. So, can the Minister provide us with what the investments were for 2024 /25? And as we are moving forward, you know , the year would have started in April. What is the projected numbers that we should be looking for this upcoming year? …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Chair man.

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, considering our increase in the amount of N ational Sport Governing Bodies that are involved, is this difference between the number of award-ees and the number of National Sport Governing Bodies simply because there were not applicants? And if, because now when you look at the target for 2025 /26, it's been reduced to 14.

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Is this because less people are asking for the money , less people are filling out the paperwork to get this application done ? Still on that same page, and the Minister did mention that the average awarded amount was $ 3,000. So, can the Minister let us know what the total amount that this funding for this Junior A …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chair man, moving on to 2 004, i t's under . . . for Sports Facilities. So, under Sports Facilities, the Minister did mention that there was a significant increase in this area and that it was due to bringing the golf courses into this M inistry .

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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And the National Sports C entre. But $900,000 is golf courses, so a significant portion of this increase is actually because of the golf courses. And I get the— [Inaudible interjection]