Speeches by Lauren Bell

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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—any of us, and I am pointing to myself, Mr. Deputy Speaker, any of us who have been involved in the legislative process since 2006, or if you go back further, but I am going to stop and say 2006 because that is what this chart here on page [5], that is where that begins.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Any of us who have been involved . . . and look at this chart. It is very sobering. We should be thinking, Did I advocate enough? Did I demand more from the then Minister of National Security? Did I do enough to . . . How many people were enough for us to have this report? How many people …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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No, I understand that.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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You are missing my point, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Bermuda House of Assembly The Deputy Speaker: No, no. I didn’t miss your point. I am telling you the facts.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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My point is we should have been called to greater action and greater urgency.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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That is all I am saying. And I am placing myself in that category as well.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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You are missing my point, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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But I will move on.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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My apologies, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The data in that chart suggest we all should have been up in arms a lot sooner, myself included.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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But I am glad that we are here today with this document that we hope to go forward with. It was suggested that we should be looking at things that are missing from this here. The only thing I could think of is existing laws. Are they strong enough? Because if I look at page 8, there is a list …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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And there is a lot of prevention. I highlighted that word in this document when I saw it because that is the key to succeeding in our fight against this violence. It is to prevent it rather than deal with the costly solutions, or costly measures that are required once we get to the violent stage. Now, to go back …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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But you have to recognise, you have to know who your child’s friends are. And you have to say, No, you can’t go. You are not to be with Johnnie, because you can see as their parent that Johnnie is a bad apple. Johnnie needs some assistance. And you must separate your child out from that. That is the other …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Frontline BDA, which was formerly known as Young Life; Word of Life.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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These organisations are doing wonderful things with young people [and are] at the frontend. It will help guide. Will they prevent every child from making bad decisions? No. But I think that will be a good start if we have our . . . if we provide greater support to these entities. And also, I encourage families out there to …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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They . . . and I can . . . I was a foster parent for 17 years. And I walk around and I see . . .

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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I see those young people who spent time in my household doing positive things. And I am glad that I had a small part to play in that. 270 6 December 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Deputy Speaker: Hmm.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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So, Minister Weeks, my good brother, I look forward to this plan fleshing out and be-coming a reality and having a positive impact in the vi-olence reduction in this community. Thank you, very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, under the Westminster system of Government, which is what we have here in Bermuda, two of the key responsibilities of a Cabinet Minister are formulation and implementation of Government policy and to publicly defend and represent these policies, sometimes even if those policies do not align with their personal beliefs. Mr. Speaker, under the …

29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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—and now in my new role—

29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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—I am about to provide scrutiny—