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E. Grant Gibbons

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27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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This is my 25 th year as a parliamentarian. And I can say that I have enjoyed every one of them —although I must admit there are some years that I have enjoyed more than others. It has been a privilege to carry out the people’s business. I would particularly like to thank the constituents of Paget East for their …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, and thank you.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, a question for the Honourable Member on his update on the pr ogress of initial coin offering regulations. Can the Honourable Member say whether, in the legislative framework that is being proposed, there is any requirement for the fiscal presence of those companies conducting ICOs?
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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New question, Mr. Speaker.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. Mr. Speaker, can the Honourable Member state whether the ICOs, initial coin offerings, will be regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority or by another regulator such as the Registrar of Companies, within Government?
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in terms of trying to find this balance between local practitioners and those brought in from overseas, will there be any efforts to, I would say, improve the due diligence being done by the Mi nistry or the Chief Me dical Officer on requests to bring in overseas physicians, and their capabilities and …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think the Honourable Member took it in a direct way. I guess the question I had was, when I refer to problems in the past, I was referring to physicians who came in who were, I will say, less than qualified, and whom we ran into problems wit h as a consequence of …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on the second page of the Mini ster’s Statement, he says, and I quote, “I am granting approval for a Licence to Use Vehicles on Gover nment of Bermuda Property for a trial period of one year. The conditions of the licence are such that it will allow for termination of the licence if …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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A further question, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Honourable Member for that. Let me go back. I would like a supplementary.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary on the first one, yes.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Could the Honourable Member give us an indication of when that licence and its terms and conditions will be made publicly avail able, and how ? Thank you.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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No, it is going to be a new question.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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But I will just say that a lot of time has elapsed between the prior Cabinet and now. So, I think the question was certainly valid. The second question, Mr. Speaker, that I have is, will any Amendments to existing government legi slation be required to allow the use of these specific vehicles on the Railway Trail? Thank you.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman, and I appreciate the answer. And I think that helps to clarify not only what utility BELCO may do, but what others may do in terms of the size of batteries that can be imported under this particular heading. The Honourable Member may also know that before lunch I asked the question as to whether …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, I am. Thank you. Mr. Premier, you have the floor. Hon. E. David Burt: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I heard persons around me asking the Honourable Member if he has interests to declare. That much being said, at this current point in time there is no plan to provide additional duty relief for battery technology that is …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. I have another question with respect to . . . on page 3. It is the batteries for electric vehicles. And to make everybody happy I will declare that my family has an interest in autom otive. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Well, we have an interest in a number of things, so . . . Mr. Chairman, the question I have there is . . . I am waiting for Mr. De Silva to get up and declare his interest. The question I have there is . . . and more of a confirmation, Mr. Chairman, when it refers to batteries …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. Mr. Chairman, this particular amount, and I guess one of the first questions I have is, has the money actually been spent at this point? This was part of the request for proposal that was done to put a util ity-scale solar facility on the Finger. And when the pr oposal was actually being drafted …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you . Without appearing to be overly persistent here, could the Minister say whether the work —the actual work —has been done at this point? Has the money been spent to do the clean -up which is being billed here? Thank you.