Speeches by Dwayne Robinson, JP, MP

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Per the provisions of Standing Order 28(1), I move for leave to introduce and read a Bill for the first time by its title only. [No audible reply] OPPOSITION BILL FIRST READING ABSENTEE VOTING ACT 2025

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I am introducing the following Bill for its first reading so that it may be placed on the Order Paper for the next day of meeting, the Absentee Voting Act 2025. Thank you.

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First of all, fundamentally, the One Bermuda Alliance does support this Bill and efforts made by the police to crack down and police our roads. We have a few concerns, obviously, being . . . one question that comes to mind is , When did these speed detection devices begin being used? Because it begs the …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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You're correct, [Madam Chairman. ] Thank you. Just on clause 2, the word in there is a little bit . . . because it says “ a person designated by the Commission er of Police as being qualified to operate —.” And I wonder why not say “an officer?” Does this mean that, for my clarity, does this mean that …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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When you got one clause in there that says “ police officer ” specifically and another that says “ person designated. ” And just along the lines of this retroactive validation in clause 4, I really hope that I can get a bit more information as to why it was necessary for that to occur and why the legislation wasn't …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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For us, we understand on this side that there requires a bit of flexibility from the Minister when it comes to things of national importance. Where we have a bit of a sticking point is the lack of oversight when it comes to negative resolution. Right? That's always been somet hing that we have consistently mentioned, as this is not …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I recognise that and I misspoke. I will take that point -oforder on board. I will say that the clarity of what I was trying to get across is the lack of being able to kind of dig into it with that Committee approach again, clause by clause. But I should have said slightly less …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman . Just some brief comments regarding clause 2. Just that “T he Minister may, by notice”; I would have thought that the Minister “will, by notice” by writing . And the only reason I say that is because it can be read —

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Or shall, yes , that would be better.

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Yes, shall. Definitely.

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Shall. [Laughter and crosstalk ]

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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So, you know, I just felt like a more affirmative word in there would be better so that, you know, it is asserted by the law that the Minister shall on notice of written application. And I understand that, you know, you have a discretionary period, but I mean, I don't think you need to have the discretion in the …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and you know when you are on a good wicket, you are on a good wicket.

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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The Minister is correct to exalt the good history of this property and how important it will be to our tourism product, and it is certainly in the Bermuda House of Assembly national interest to see this property supported and the jobs and the growth of our industry to be supported in this Bill. I would also like to highlight …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is very nice to hear about the amount of staff and the vision that Mr. Maxwell and his team have in regard to this drone show. I just want to also give a slight story of bipartisanship here where Mr. Maxwell did reach out to the Member from constituency 25 who then reached out to …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is more of, I would say, a technical kind of point as far as where we are heading with this particular tourism investment order. There are some similar characteristics between what this particular yacht is offering and what Airbnbs tend to offer, right? The reason why I am bringing this up is because we …

12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thirty.