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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

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21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Second question, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Given that the purpose of this relief and policy . . . it comes down to the probate delays which were talked about . Can the Minister provide any information about other initiatives or ways that the Government is trying to reduce the probate delays, which, as was mentioned in the Statement, can severely burden senior citizens and family members …
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. May I have a do- over on the second question, or shall we call it the third question? [Laughter]
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Now, could the H onourable Member tell us how many individuals they expect to be impacted by this policy change? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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No. No, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. We did see in the Minister 's Statement that emigration status was one of the topics to be investigated by the census. My question to the Minister is: Will there be any initiative to canvass Bermudians who live overseas? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. My supplemental question is : Would it be fair to conclude that this census will not provide us any in-formation about how many Bermudians have emigrated? Thank you.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Second supplemental, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Given that the Minister stated the census will not plan to canvass or be in contact with people who have emigrated, could the Minister please elaborate for this House how this census will help them understand why those people have emigrated? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister confirm that the Government currently has no further plans to investigate why people have emigrated from Bermuda?
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Third question, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Could the Minister please elaborate on how the census will identify and locate un-housed individuals to get information about them? Thank you.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister advise if those tools will involve site visits to areas where unhoused people are known to be, for example, sleeping rough? [Inaudible interjections]
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. S uch as Horseshoe Bay and things like that? Thank you.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Yes, Mr. Speaker. Hon. Jason Hayward: That is correct. The non- sheltered population , we will try —
7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please provide for this Honourable House the aggregate amount of the first instalment CIT payments for the largest 5, 10, 25, and 50 CIT payers, where ‘largest’ is with respect to the size of each CIT payers first instalment payment, expressed as a percentage of the total aggregate first instalment payments received?
7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please provide for this Honourable House the percentage of the total of the first instalment of CIT payments, broken out by industry of the CIT payer, where industry is indicated on each CIT Payer’s Annual Declaration to the Registrar of Companies?
7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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No, I have not, Madam Deputy Speaker .
7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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I have been informed of the Government's view as to the sensitivity, Madam Deputy Speaker . Thank you. The Deputy Speaker: Okay. Thank you, Member. We shall move on. The next item up was with the Minister of Housing and Municipalities. There were written responses from him to Member Fah y. QUESTIONS: BERMUDIANA BEACH RESIDENCES , UNITS AT Hon. Michael …