Speeches by Dwayne Robinson, JP, MP

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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And at the end of the day, that is what the electorate said to us loud and clear during the election. And usually after the PLP — [Inaudible interjections]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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—usually after the PLP wins an election, they tend to forget the messages that the electorate have said to them. But one of the main messages that I will remind the Progressive Labour Party is collaboration. C ollaboration and the respect and decorum within this House. And as soon as a Member opposite got up, it was about his background.

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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There are M embers in this House that have varying levels of earning and that shouldn't be . . . I don't . . . I don't need that. I don’t even want to— [Inaudible interjections]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Because if I . . . if I turn around, Mr. Speaker, if I turn around, Mr. Speaker — [Inaudible interjections]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, if I turn around, I have to remind a M ember that they are senior and should show some sort of decorum in this H ouse. Personally, Mr. Speaker, and I would love to see that because I know a lot of the electorate would like to see that. But as we go along, I'd like to reiterate. …

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, if we're going to have a debate, let's just debate ideology, right? Both parties support the cut. Hon. E. David Burt: No, they don’t.

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, well, the Honourable Premier says they don't. I heard and maybe . . . we were talking about the Hansard and digital innovation earlier. I think the Premier needs to check the Hansard because our Shadow Finance [Minister] said succinctly, We agree with the cut .

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, with that, I would like to just caution H onourable Members, as I am new in this House and I respect the seniority of many , that if we're going to have a debate on this, let's keep on the wicket of comments made in the House and not personal attacks. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Desk thumping]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: MP Robinson, you have the floor. [Crosstalk and laughter]

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. Thank you. Yes. Mr. Speaker, I want to say to the Member who just took his seat that I want to assure [the Honourable Member], Mr. Speaker, that my comments are not in any disrespect towards that Member as I believe that he led the Joint Select Committee with bipartisanship and transparency. And this not to speak out against …

28 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I associate my colleague from constituency 10. And I just wanted to rise today to offer maybe an alternative because I feel as though when we . . . I did not want to oppose because I want something to happen, but when we first constituted this, it was a w hile after the actual cyberattack, and now that we …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and good morning. I rise to give condolences to the family of Jasmin Smith, who unfortunately lost her life in the incident—the horrendous incident —that happened at Legends in Somerset. And I knew that we —

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I want to be associated. I knew that it was spoken about, but I wanted to speak about her specifically because as a fellow Raleigh alumni at B ermuda House of Assembly Raleigh, Bermuda, it has been a very rough year. Losing her and Jawonday Smith in such a short span of time, people who really epitomise what it was …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I'd like to thank the Minister for his comprehensive brief and also allowing for time for questions. I have to say that the Honourable Minister went through every line item quite succinctly and so I will first start off my questions because many have been answered by the brief. In the department objectives on page …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, I'm speaking directly to Department Objectives.

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, it sounded really exciting, and I said, Hey, this sounds like something new . So, you know . . . if you can . . . you can just post it somewhere real quick. [ Inaudible interjection and laughter ] Mr . Dwayne Robinson: Yes, yes— [ Laughter]

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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But I think that I want to also take this time to thank the department and also the Minister and those who are working on Bermuda Day be-cause a lot of us have noted that it has indeed in-creased in diversity and inclusion, and that's what we're all about. So, I wanted to just take that time as well to …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and just jumping to page C -20. We have line item 7099 which is Culture and Entertainment Support and one of the things that a lot of creatives have mentioned is that training up on their craft can be quite expensive, especially if you're a vocalist who is doing vocal training or various things that you …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I think you . . . yes, yes, yes. You have done quite well today. I do not have a ton of questions left. Just moving along to Contributions in the Department of Culture, on page C -20, 6881 Contribute to Cultural Activity. I may have missed these, but I just wanted to get a bit of a breakdown on …

21 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, yes, sorry. I was looking through my notes and I have one more left. Just under line item 6200 on page B -259. In the brief, there was a mention of a National Cultural Policy, and I just wanted to see if I could get a bit of detail, if possible, on that and also when i t …