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The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

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10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, if I could, just as a quick point —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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I believe, Mr. Speaker —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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—it is a point for you; it is not a supplementary question on this particular question, Mr. Speaker. If I may?
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, on t he previous answer that the Minister gave, she did not list the frozen positions —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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But what I am saying, Mr. Speaker, if positions are approved, whether they are frozen or not —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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But the Minister gave an incorrect answer.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my first question is regarding where, on page 3 of the Finance Minister’s Statement, the Minister said, “ The comparative ratio using the actual contributors and beneficiaries of the Fund de-clined by 11.8% from 3.4 in 2011 to 3.0 in 2014. This was due to the decline in the number of contributors …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I hope that the public will mark the date and time that the Minister of F inance said the Shadow Minister of Finance was correct. I will move on to my second question, Mr. Speaker.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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The second question is that in the Honourable M inister’s Statement, towards the end, he speaks about they are going to “consider alternate scenarios included” —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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On page 5, speaking about i mproving the financial position of the Fund in the l ong term. And it says that “ the Ministry will carefully consider alternate scenarios included in the r eport.” In addition to these alternate scenarios that are included inside of the report, will the Minister of Finance also take under advisement the sugg estions …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker . I thank the Minister for his answer, and I look forward to hearing anything more on any possible revisions to and adding some much- needed relief —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the question that I will ask is —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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No, this is a supplementary question, Mr. Speaker.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Is there any particular deadline or time that the Minister will anticipate coming back with any recommendations on poss ible changes to the Contributory Pension Fund, taking into account his last answer?
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the question was asked, Why did the Ministry of Community and Culture not put out a request for nominations this year as they did last year? And I do not believe the Minister answered that question.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Supplementary question, yes, Mr. Speaker.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, in his answer th at the Minister just provided, the Minister just said that you can submit your nomination at any time. However, last year ( and I am reading from the website) it says, Nominate the National Hero. And it lists a deadline that says, Deadline for or 2015 Natio nal Hero submi ssions was 13 th …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Abso lutely, Mr. Speaker, I have a question. The question is, in one of the Minister’s r esponses, the Minister’s response was that we should not get caught up on process. Is the Minister saying that when members of the public read information and directions th at are given on Government websites they should treat them as voluntary?