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E. Grant Gibbons

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27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning. Mr. Speaker, on page 5 of the Honourable Member’s Statement about his trip to Colorado [for the 35th] Space Sympos ium, he mentions that we will work towards (that is, the Government will work towards) developing the legal and regulatory framework needed for new space activities. I wonder if the Honourable Member could …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I appreciate the Honourable Member’s —
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, yes.
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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I appreciate the Honourable Member’s response. He mentions, as he just did and in the Stat ement pursuing asteroid mining, a company called Planetary Resources. I am sure the Honourable Member is aware, bec ause it has come up in the House before, that Luxembourg has taken quite an aggressive approach to putting forward a legislative framework to, essentially, facilitate …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to be associated with the condolences to the family of the late Ira Philip. As a number of Honourable Members have already said, I always found him to be a real gentl eman. And I think it is certainly appropriate that the House recognise him for his strong …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, let me first of all start by saying that we actually had a productive session yesterday. And I thank the Honourable Member, Minister Caines, for hosting a number of us with technical officers. It was about 90 minutes, and I think it was helpful in 1932 27 April 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Sorry? Oh, five minutes. Thank you. So, what I found encouraging was the BMA have taken a more rigorous and robust approach in their draft Virtual Currency Act. And there is a very sharp contrast between where the Government is in their approach and where the BMA is. There are some real philosophical differences there. I think what is important …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, I have no interests —
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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I do. I have no interests in Cayman Enterprise City. The only interests I have in Cayman are insurance companies there. Hon. Wayne Caines: Then declare it.
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Okay. So, those have very littl e relevance here. I am not promoting Cayman; all I am saying is that I think it is an interesting parallel in many respects. But what I think is more interesting is that these companies have very little presence there. Most of the work is actually done somewhere else. And I think when we …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, honestly —
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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—you know . . . if he wants to throw out bait he is —
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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—done it very effectiv ely.
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Hon. Michael J. Scott: —and this House is the place for me to do just that.
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is certainl y misleading the House. He is imputing i mproper motives. I said nothing about the management of the trust or insurance sector under the current Go vernment. Hon. Michael J. Scott: That was ridiculous. I am tal king about the standard, about the administrati on and management of the Bermuda—
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman, I was trying to make it easier for the Premier by sort of doing this one at a time. The question I have actually is on page 3 of — this is the tabled document —I think it is probably pretty close. Let us see . . . it is under the definition of “digital …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. I am on page 4 and I will try and stick to the red-lined version. It is 34A(4)(b)(ii) . This is the section which basic ally exempts as being made to the public if in this particular case, in the case an exempted company or permit company to more than 35 persons. I guess the …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, and I appreciate the Premier’s answer there. Having done a couple of prospectuses myself, I think one of the reasons I am raising that on the use of funds is because certainly we know the funds will be going to develop the product or whatever else. O ften what is useful here in terms of what I …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman, just a couple of questions. I am going to start with clause 5, which is the FinTech Advisory Committee. I think we are under the understanding that, obviously, the function here is fai rly broad—advise the Minister in any matter relating to FinTech or the development of FinTech industry. Would it be fair to say …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning . . . I rise this evening— it is evening, it has been a long day. I rise this evening on what I would call a bittersweet note. This will be my last sitting of the House. I will be forwarding my formal resignation as an MP to you, Mr. Speaker, effective the 30th …