Speeches by The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Mr. Speaker, again, I struggle to see how there is lack of clarity when this House has passed an ICO Bill, a Limited Liability Companies Bill, a Digital Asset Business Act, and now there is a fur-ther Bill before Parliament. It is not as though we are saying, This is an idea which we may have. We have brought legis …

29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Leader of the Opposition, if she wants to make that comment, should focus on the comments that her other Members on her side have made, because the former Premier went on about the reputation and go-ing back and forth to the same well of which she has been all this time. And the point that I …

29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. In regard to the first question in clause 4, [sub]section (3), the question was asked about appl ication process, et cetera. No, there is none defined at this time. The purpose of this fund, the primary purpose of this fund is not . . . there may be occasion where there may be other …

29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Mr. Chairman, I recognise the items which were stated from the other side and we will take those under advisement. But I think that people are focused on a subsection of this without focus-ing on the main part of this, and the main part of this is to provi de educational training, up- skilling opportunities, and to make sure that …

1 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with your indulgence, I move that the House do adjourn for lunch until 2:00.

1 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

I would say, Mr. Chairman, that I think that it is standard language. It says the period not exceeding 53 weeks. It says “not exceeding.” So if you say not exceeding 52 weeks, you will kind of run out because we got 52 weeks in a [year].

1 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that clauses 32 and 33 be approved.

1 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

The answer to the question is no, that does not absolve it. [Inaudible inter jection] Hon. E. David Burt: That does not absolve them.

1 Jun 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that clauses 61 through 65 be approved.

27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you very much Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I note the comments from the Honourable Member for the Opposition, and, as I would say, as we continue to go through this process if there are revisions that are needed to be made r egarding these fees, we shall so make them. And I accept the recommendations and the comments which …

16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly

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premier

Mr. Speaker.

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Honourable Member for his question. Our main point of discussion in these partic ular items is ensuring that Bermuda can continue its trading relationship with the European Union, as that is important to our international finance sector. And that is the focus of our negotiations and our discus-sions with the United Kingdom.

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What I have said on numerous occasions in my Statements is that Bermuda is a global leader in tax transparency, and we will continue to lead the Overseas Territories in this regard, because we want to make sure that Bermuda is recognised as being different. This is to make sure that we are fulfilling our commitment, …

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I welcome the question from the Leader of the Opposition. The Leader of the Oppos ition and I have spoken, and I have given her a commitment to give her members, her shadow economic team, and anyone else a full briefing of the matters which are taking place between the European Union …

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you, very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will not take long as the hour is certainly late.

24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Mr. Speaker, as I said, and I am sure the Opposition Leader does not know, but maybe two former Premiers who are sitting behind her can explain to her how the agenda has come up at the Joint Ministerial Council meeting. It is agreed by the 13 Overseas Territories in numerous meetings in a dvance of the agenda. I am …

17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What I will tell you is that the idea came from the board member s of ABIR themselves. So that is where the origination of this idea came from. This has been solicited inside of the Government. The Cabinet has approved it. And now that it is agreed, we will be moving forward and holding those …

17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Mr. Speaker, no. The initiative will not collapse if the $100 million minimum is n ot met. But what we will state very clearly is that we expect it to be met, because we know that our intern ational partners will work with us. We are looking to develop Bermuda’s economy. And I would hope that Members opposite would do …

17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Mr. Speaker, I do not want to sound like the former person who held this position of Minister of Finance. But I will take a little time to learnup the Members oppos ite. And the fact of the matter is that even if it is $20 million or $50 million it is more than nothing, Mr. Speaker. And what this …

3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly

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premier

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in response to the Opposition Leader’s statement regarding the amount o f the $1 million . . . (Sorry.) The question she asked was, how much of the $1 million guarantee has been utilised? I think I understand the question of which she is really trying to ask, which is, what percentage of the …