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Lauren Bell

Lauren Bell

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19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Okay. The Minister when providing the explanation for Professional Services indicated there was a study completed on emigration. When can we expect to hear what those results are? Hon. Jason Hayward: Mr. Chairman, I expect to table a report in Parliament in this session explaining the results of the emigration study and making it clear the factors which are considered …
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Minister. I would like to move on to Head 14, Department of Statistics. I will start on page B -175, looking at the Department Objectives. Please, Minister, forgive my ignorance when it comes to statistical tools. But in objective 1, it talks about utilising innovative digital tools. And when I see the word innovative that means something that …
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Just one quick question before we move off of Head 14. It is at the bottom of page B - 177. The last Performance Measure, Target response rates for major statistical surveys. We have some target outcomes. I just want to know how these targets compare to the results achieved in other jurisdictions, if the Minister knows.
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Minister. Your brief would have been quite helpful. I could have sent my question in advance, you know. Anyway, I do appreciate . . . we joke. But the brief has been extremely comprehensive. Moving on to Head 27, Immigration. We are on page B -179, the mission statement. It says, Facilitate economic growth for the benefit of Bermudians, …
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to move to Head 60, Workforce Development. I have two questions in this area. One being, What were the issues with the old Job Board which led to its . . . I believe it has been shut down, Minister, or is going to be, and replaced. What will the expected …
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, with the remaining . . . what is it? A minute that I have? Is it a minute?
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Moving to Head 94, Economic Development. I noticed that there is under unit 9405, business unit 104120, Concierge Services. There is a zero budgeted amount for the Concierge Services. And I may have missed it, but has this service been absorbed into one of the other business units? I do note that under programme 9405 on page B -197 there …
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Time? Okay.
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thirty seconds.
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I will spend that time, again, thanking the Minister for his comprehensive brief. And 696 19 May 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly also, his members of staff who I am sure contributed greatly to that. I wish I had more time —and this is no fault to the Minister. He was generous in the time that he …
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I just have a few questions for the Minister. The first one is: Why was this not done ? I mean, this is fairly straightforward. It is making consequential amendments to some Acts and obvious amendments to principal Acts. Why was this not done in July 2017 when the Act was separated from the Workforce …
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker, a point of clarification, if the Minister will accept.
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Minister, I had a question about —
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Sorry. I apologise.
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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That is correct.
19 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker, I had a question about the net expenditure that this department would have on Government expenditure. The Minister may have forgotten that part of the question. And is it equivalent to the $1.99 . . . I mean the $199,000 that is in the Budget Book?
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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So, we like to associate the entire House with that. I think most people in here know her or knew of her. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, I was the Minister when the current owners first came to the table, and they only had a plan. But they clearly expressed that they were looking to act on this plan immediately. So, we were more than pleased to support it then, and we are more than pleased to support this …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. On this side of the aisle when the Government does a good job— [Inaudible interjection]
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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That is right. We share the responsibility on this side.