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The Hon. Kim N. Wilson, JP, MP

The Hon. Kim N. Wilson, JP, MP

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24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , I would like to echo the sentiments of the Shadow Minister of Justice and Shadow Attorney General insofar as lending our su pport behind this legislation. This is something, obviously, that we have r equested and spoken about time and time again, the establishment of a mental health treatment pr ogramme— mental health court . I would …
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, with respect, I think we have been down this road before and it seems apparent that when situations arise where a motion is put on the floor which calls for bipartisan discussion, bipartisan input, and bipar tisan recommendations it seems to be diluted or not taken up, [it is] abandoned, so to speak , by the Government. Now, …
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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I will clarify. The Minister alluded to the fact that the . . . not all intellectual property, I am sorry, is at this House. However, Mr. Speaker, the point that I am making is that on a matter of this great importance led by the Honourable MP Commissiong, I think it is i mportant for us to see that …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, a supplemental.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Does the Honourable Minister recognise that those persons who do not have dental insurance or private ins urance, who rely heavily on the Dental Insurance Plan, are incurring further finan-cial burdens as a result of having to pay for services out-of-pocket that would otherwise be available, had a full complement of dentists been on staff?
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, yes. With r espect to the dental priority, is the Minister aware that persons who are transferring from preschool to pr imary school are required to have mandatory dental examinations, and that that has not been deemed as a priority to date [because of] the shortages?
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister confirm that, bearing in mind the limited resources that Bermuda has in open spaces and parkland, it w ould be a serious precedent and a dangerous precedent to be set for the Gover nment to actually consider selling off some of our li mited resources by means of parklands?
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of information, Mr. Speaker?
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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No. No.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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After somebody else said that.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Minister is mi sleading the public and this House by suggesting that we are (quote) getting cau ght up on the person [sic]. My friend indicated —
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. POINT OF ORDER
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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We are discussing this as this was commenced with respect by MP Weeks. It is not about personality; it is about process. And we need to make sure that that — Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: Point of order, Mr. Speaker. [Crosstalk]
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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That is the point that we are tr ying to raise, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just want to carry on a little bit from where the last speaker ended, and that is with respect to certain things that have been in the new spaper as of late concerning Bermuda’s recent Moody’s downgrade. Now, Mr. Speaker, as an attorney I som etimes try to do a little bit of …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Rating, yes, thank you. I am reading actually from the Moody’s report, if I may? It speaks to Bermuda and it indicates that there was a rationale for the macro profile change in Bermuda. I quote, “ Moody's lowered its assessment of Bermuda's institutional strength to Very High from Very High+, as a result of the lowering of the World …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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And that . . . the Corporation of Hamilton. Thank you. And that particular contract that was voided . . . and there is a history behind that and I am not going to get into Jetgate and to . . . and all that information. All that is already out there; that is a matter of public record. But …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. S peaker. Would the Minister agree that a more humane canine policy would be one that kills the act and not the dog?