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Dennis Lister III, JP, MP

Dennis Lister III, JP, MP

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12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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We can move on to the next head.
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Yes. MP Pearman, you can continue on to the next head.
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I will just go back to answer a few questions from the previous head. One was the reason behind the increase in the expenditure for the Financial Intelligence Agency. There is an employment of a new analyst who will assist with preparation for upcoming mutual evaluation assessments within the next two years. And then the other …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to go back just to clarify the response on regard to the probate. You did ask [about] 2023. So as of now, all of 2023 probates have been actioned. And as I said, we are now working on processing 2024 applications, hopefully to have them all actioned by July of this year. And …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you again, Mr. Chairman. I do just want to jump back to Head 4 just to further answer the question in regard to debt collec-tion and how much are we seeking to collect? The forecasted amount will be based on the cases referred to the office by Finance. It is difficult to provide an amount at this stage. Now …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before I answer those, I just do want to go back to Head 3 just to provide a response to one of the questions from MP Pearman in relation to the expansion or contractions of the number of judges in Criminal Court. There are two judges appointed to the Criminal Court, Justice Juan Wolffe and Justice …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In my short few minutes left, I will try to catch as many answers as possible. But I do want to go back to in regard to Domestic Violence and the data being used to assess numbers of persons. Because of how persons are charged, not all domestic violence situations are charged as such. Those numbers …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Okay, no more question time.
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I will leave the answer to that question up to the Attorney General. But with the re-maining time, or as the time has expired, I would first like to thank all of the staff of the Ministry of Justice, those present here and those who are at their offices for all of the work they have done. I want to …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, cannot forget that part. Mr. Chairman, I would like to move that Heads 87, 3, 4, 25, 74 and 75 be approved as printed. Thank you.
9 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon to the listening audience and those honourable colleagues. Mr. Speaker, first I would like to also associate myself with the condolences given to both Senator Lindsey Simmons and Senator Lauren Bell. I now know what it is like to lose a parent, and I offer them encouragement and strength going forward. Also, I would …
9 May 2025 House of Assembly
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But attending her funeral — [Inaudible interjections]
9 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—attending her funeral, you know, for us as her sons it brought to us . . . there was, I think someone said over 900 people at the funeral. And, Mr. Speaker, it shows the impact that she had as a teacher, Youth Parliament, in the church, in the community. Wherever she went. And I think for us as her …
9 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—not having a mother. But I just want to wish Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to the listening audience. I just want to rise, Mr. Speaker, to send condolences first to the family of Ms. Lillian Grant[ - Walters]. She also was a relative of ourselves. She was also known as the mother of Mr. Neville Grant, who is very well known. I would just like to send condolences …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Okay, yes. I associate myself because he actually was a schoolmate of mine. And it is always sad. [Inaudible interjection]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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He was a constituent of MP Foggo. But it is always sad to see someone who is your age, someone whom you knew and grew up with for many years. And a very genuine, kind- hearted person, Mr. Speaker. So, it is sad that we lost a young person in Bermuda. And to his family I would like to extend …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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I associate MP Swan. And also, to the comments regarding Mr. Nuri Latham. Even though he is young, his father of the same name, I went to school with and also played football with. So, it is good to see that his son is following in his footsteps. And lastly, Ms. Riley Khan, a constituent of mine, also has been …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Good evening, Mr. Speaker.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Good evening to my honourable colleagues and to our listening audience. Mr. Speaker, before I get into my substantive comments tonight, I did overlook in my comments on congrats and obits this morning. I did overlook someone, Mr. Speaker, and I would be remiss—