Speeches by Lauren Bell

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, given that the current Governor is soon to depart, and we are expecting to have a new Governor, I was wondering if the Honourable Premier can provide us with an update on the works at Government House and the expected completion date of those works. Thank you.

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. If I can switch to the current residence or the temporary residence where the Governor is residing. Can the Premier provide us with the length of the lease on that property?

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. Can the Premier provide us with the current rent on that property and what was the previous rent being paid on that property?

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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I am always smiling! Hon. E. David Burt: But what I will say, Mr. Speaker, is that this is significant because this is what is neces-sary to advance the policy directions for the Government. Affordable housing is a critical issue. The reme-diation of vacant and derelict units, the renovation and upgrade of units to make sure that people can live …

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Minister of Health for her comments linking the particles and contaminants in our air to asthma and COPD. Like many, I have family members who suffer from both. And sometimes it is easy or sometimes we can forget Bermuda House of Assembly to link the occurrence of those …

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker .

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, like most speakers that have gone before me, I would like to wish Bermuda a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Most importantly, I trust that everyone and their fami-lies will enjoy a safe holiday season. However, having said that, we know not everyone will have a happy Christmas. Whether it is because they are struggling to …

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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—now than they were in 2017. I ask members of the public to look back to January 1 of this year and ask themselves are they better off now than they were then. If your answer to those questions is no, that your circumstances are not better today than any of those timeframes that I indicated before, I encourage you …

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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—if they believe change is required for the greater good. Now my colleague to my right who just finished speaking . . . he spoke of some gifts (as he referred to them as gifts) that the Premier spoke of earlier today in his Statement. And I also am reminded of some other gifts that the Premier spoke of in …

13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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And I am saying to the voting public, it would seem that the Government wants you to forget about anything prior to three months ago. They want you to forget about the saga, the longsuffering saga of education reform. They want you to forget that the teachers have said that the education system is at its breaking point. They want …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly