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Lauren Bell

Lauren Bell

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15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Given that a maximum of 2,500 acres is allowed to be owned by non- Bermudians, does the Minister have any concerns that that 2,500 acres may have been exceeded during this period of backlog?
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, final supplementary. If it is discovered, once they are fully back up to date, that the 2,500 acres has been exceeded, what is the course of action that the Ministry will take?
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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I will hold on to any questions in this area for now. Thank you.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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I’ve got a century on my bat today. QUESTION 1: EDUCATION REFORM UPDATE: 3-TO-2-TIER 20 25–2027
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister, for those students who may be at CedarBridge and Berkeley currently who wish to pursue the Hospitality and Tourism Signatures: Have provisions been made for them to be doing those specific courses for the Hospitality and Tourism Signature right now in their first, second or whatever Year they might be in?
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. So for students who are already at CedarBridge —and as two, or even as one, will they be able to have some accelerated programme in order to finish the necessary requirements under the signature once the Sandys Signature School has been opened?
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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No more questions.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I also would like to congratulate Hamilton Parish Hot Peppers, on their victory in the Dudley Eve. That is their maiden, their first top -flight trophy. Many may not know, some of you may know, that a former Member of this House, Nandi Outerbridge, is the President there.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, you look like you enjoy a good day on the water, on the boat.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Different types of seas.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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A speedboat, you can turn on a dime, 180 degrees. A supertanker takes a little bit more distance —
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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A bit more time and is pretty complicated, relative to that speedboat. Now the economy of a country is not a speedboat. It is a supertanker. So just to address the com-ment about 2013 and what happened and what had to happen between 2013 and 2017. So as I said, the economy of a country is like a tanker. And …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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In fact, it takes about 1.5 to 3.7 miles to turn that tanker around, depending on the size. Mr. Speaker, two key items are critical in turning that vessel around, in addition to the skill of the crew: a rudder and the thrusters. So when the One Ber-muda Alliance came into power in 2013 and they wanted to turn that …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Hence the need to take out money to be able to meet the commitments. There was no rudder. They had to borrow money to buy a rudder. [Laughter]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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They had to borrow money to create and repair the thrusters that were not working. [Inaudible interjections]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Don’t have to be on the ship to see it. [Inaudible interjections]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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So . . . I just wanted to put that out there and I can tell you were a boatsman, so you would understand, Mr. Speaker . [Crosstalk ] Mr. Vance Campbell: Now, having said that, and turning to the Government ’s Speech from the Throne, I could not stand here in all honesty and fairness and say there are …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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See this is the difference, right? We can criticise constructively and also compliment. One of the positive things is the creation of the corporate income tax structure. But I will caution on that. We had the PwC Insurance [Summit] conference not too long ago. And the keynote speaker and . . . in that he provided some warnings. And if …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Stephen Catlin, Executive Chairman and cofounder of Convex Group delivered a keynote address at the PwC Insurance Summit. “ Bermuda’s insurance and reinsurance sector faces an uncertain time as 2025 looms, a veteran industry executive told attendees at the PwC Insurance Summit . . .”. Mr. Catlin—
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Cat-L-i-n—said, “ We’ve [still] got a residual problem on some insurance balance sheets which is going to come out in the next . . .” possibly within the next 10 years. “We're also living in a world which is probably less stable than it’s been since the Second World War.” So there could be some unstable times facing insurance companies.