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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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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now, Mr. Speaker, when our economy suffers because of the careless actions of the Government, because it seems as though people are now ca tching on to the fact that maybe the Government is not (how do you say?) . . . maybe private investors should not have the confidence which they should have in getting …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. Allow me to, because this Trump -style politics is continuing to go. The Honourable Minister will note, or the Honourable Premier will note—
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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—that the Government cut Focus. So now that money is given back to Focus. You cut Focus already. Make sure you reflect that part of the record as well.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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No, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to raise a po int of order and ask that the Minister, pursuant to Standing Order 17(9)(a)(vii), provide oral answers for the questions that have been deferred, where she is seeking technical advice on, so that we can get the answers to those questions next week. The Sp eaker: Right. She has …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Honourable Minister for his answer, and a supplementary, understanding the very private and sensitive nature of these issues, being someone who works in the industry who deals with this on a regular basis. Would the Honourable Minister, would he undertake to confirm to this House, possibly at our next …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my first question. In page 2 of his Statement, the Minister mentions the specific policies which were put in place in which dogs were not allowed to be imported and/or bred in Bermuda. Can the Minister please advise this Honourable House and the listening public where someone could find a copy of …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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A supplementary question, Mr. Speaker.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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The first supplementary that I have is that I thank the Minister for his answer. However, I am looking at that website right now, and as we di scussed last week, with a modification upgrading the website, there is no such policy to be found. So I would ask the Minister when he will publish that so memb ers of …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Regarding this policy, and given the fact that it is just a ministerial policy and can be changed at any point in time, will the Honourable Minister please tell this Honourable House whether or not he still supports the euthani sing of banned breeds of dogs, which is currently going on in Bermuda?
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the question is, given that this is a ministerial policy, it is not stated by reg ulation and/or law, it is just purely the policy of the mi nister at the time, does the current Minister support the policy that was put in place by previous ministers which sees banned breeds of dogs being killed on a regular …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, question number two. Yes, please, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for his [answer]. However, he did not answer the question which I asked. The question that I asked was, Does the Minister support the statement? The Minister is the Minister. There are things that happened previously. Does the Minister support the ongoing killing of banned breeds of …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, a supplementary question.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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The supplementary question was, would the Minister consider suspending the killing of banned breeds of dogs as the Minister is currently reviewing the policy? Will the Minister consider suspending that policy, which is what the Member asked, and which I am asking. And I am asking if the Minister will give a yes or no answer.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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I will go to my third question, Mr. Speaker.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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I thank the Minister for his answer. So the Minister is saying that while he is reviewing the policy, those p ersons who cannot find homes for dogs overseas possibly, or the expense . . . while he is r eviewing the policy, which may change in two weeks, he is still going to kill those dogs? I just want …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as I served notice earlier, pursuant to Standing Order 17(9)(a)(vii), I am asking the Honourable Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance to commit to give answers which he promised to give to this House on the 20 th of May. The two questions that were asked, the Minister of Finance undertook to come back to the House with …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, and I just want to be clear that pursuant to Standing Order 17(9)(a)(vii), those a nswers are provided orally at our next day of meeting.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker , pursuant to Standing Order 17(9)(a)(vii) which I sent notice for when the Premier deferred Parliamentary Questions at our last day of sitting, therefore, I am asking the Premier to possibly answer the question that was posed to him two weeks [ago]. And that was the Premier undertook to come back …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker . My supplementary question is, are those expenses listed for the Premier himself or for the entire delegation of the Premier, the Honourable Attorney General, and then on the New York side the Honour-able Mi nister for Economic Development?