Dwayne Robinson, JP, MP

Thank you, Mr. Speaker , and good evening to the listening audience, my colleagues and also to my constituents. Bermuda House of Assembly I want to start off first of all by thanking the constituents of —

Thank you, Mr. Speaker . So, I just wanted to start off first by thanking the constituents of Southampton East Central for electing me. It has been a roundabout road for me during this process and I just wanted to express that before kicking in to my comments. This particular Parliament I want to remind us of how crucial our …

—constituents . We are here to represent constituents. And a lot of times we get caught up and we forget that we align on a good bit of policy. But what we do not align on is the execution of that policy. When I looked at the Throne Speech, there was a disconnect again because the Minister gave a speech …

No, not yet. But I support that initiative. I also do support the amendments to the Criminal Code for abortion rights for women. I think that that is long overdue, and I think that it is a great move in the right direction. I also do support the protections of tips and gratuities because obviously that is one of the …

And I do not understand why it comes across that even the Government of the day does not quite understand the role of the official Opposition in this House. We are not meant — [Inaudible interjections]

We are not meant to give high-fives and pats on the back. We will support good policy. As I have said, I support a lot of good policy but I am . . . and I am sure many people listening are sick of being asked to give kudos for things that Government should be doing to take care of …

But at the end of the day, I want to say that I do look forward to working with colleagues in this House because I believe that this particular Parliament is going to be one of the mos t crucial in our history and the Progressive Labour Party has an unenviable position of having to govern through unprecedented times. And …

Affirmation.

I, being a Member of this present Assembly, do solemnly and sincerely affirm that I will use and employ my best endeavour therein for the general good without respect to private interest, gain or advantage, and will strive to discharge a good conscience in all equity and integrity during my continuance therein. AFFIRMATION OF ALLEGIANCE

I do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles III, His heirs and successors according to law.

If he could condense just down to the deliverables that we got and the benchmarks that the consultant actually met, that would help, just for the listening public. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Let me break it down for him real quick. He can go back and listen to the tape later as to all of the things that I …

I do not accept that. I do not accept that. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Point of order, Madam President. Sen. Dwayne Robinson: That is better. The President: What is your point of order? POINT OF ORDER [Misleading] Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: The point of order is that the Member is giving incorrect and false information in this place, …

I, Dwayne Vernell Robinson, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true all egiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs and successors, according to law . So help me God. The President: And you will sign. [Pause] The President: Good. Thank you. Congratulations. Sen. Dwayne Robinson: Thank you so much. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES [Minutes of 13 …