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E. Grant Gibbons

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8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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It is, at best, disrespec tful. At worst, he is imputing improper motives. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ] ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER HOUSE VISITOR
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it has been a long, long evening—
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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— and you w ill be pleased to know that I am going to —
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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—I am going to net this out. Yes.
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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As much as the former speaker was predictable, I am probably going to be predictable as well in this. I think we have had ample debate. I think a lot of my colleagues and Members on the other side have sort of laid out the various aspects of this. For me it is very simple, Mr. Speaker. This is a …
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. We have no further comment on this side. We have already gone through this Bill a few months ago. So we are fine with it.
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to make a couple of comments on this. As Honourable Members will know, if they have looked at the original legislation, the Price Commission Act is more than 40 years old. And I was curious. I was in the Ministry of F inance in the mid- 1990s. I was curious …
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, a point of clarification, if I may.
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. Just a point. I forgot to mention it, but actually the Health Council Act sets out very clearly under their functions that they are able to regulate the price at which drugs are sold to the public. So that may be another avenue to deal with that particular issue. Hon. E. David Burt: I thank the Honourable Member for …
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning to you. Mr. Speaker, my question for the Honourable Member relates to page 3 of his statement in which he says, “There ar e a number of persons who qualify for and do possess BOTC (Bermuda) passports, but they are not eligible for the grant of Bermudian Status.” Would the Honourable Member give …
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. In the same vein, would the Honourable Member be able to say how many Bermuda passport holders who are eligible for the stamp “Holder is r egistered as a Bermudian” . . . roughly how many of them does the department think do not have that stamp in their passport?
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Member feel that it would make sense when the d epartment issues a Bermuda passport to a Bermudian that that stamp be put in as a matter of course, rather than having to have it requested? I am hoping that the department does that these days, as opposed to simply having the person have to go back …
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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New question, second question.
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, a new question. With regard to those BOTC passport holders who are not eligible for the stamp “Holder is registered as a Bermudian” would it be fair to say that in addition to their BOTC passport they would likely have a second passport? Many of them would be British Com-monwealth passports, maybe UK passports, and …
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, supplementary. In relation to the BOTC passports, where a holder is not registered as a Bermudian, further to my honourable colleague’s question, has there been any distinction between a BOTC passport that has a BMU designation on it, in other words, it was issued by Bermuda versus those more newer ones that are i ssued …
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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In relation to BOTC Bermudian registered as a Bermudian passport, are there any further issues now that have been reported to the Minister in terms of those having difficulty get-ting into the United States , either in Bermuda going through U S Immigration here, or in other gateway ci ties in the US?
1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On page 4 of the Minister’s Statement, he indicates that “the Department of Education will be working on delivery plans during the month of D ecember so that the first rollout of the Strate gic Plan can start in January 2018.” Mr. Speaker, given the fact that the former Commissioner of Education has been suspended, and …