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Linda Smith, JP, MP

Linda Smith, JP, MP

102
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12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House. Earlier this year, Government said it was planning to launch a public awareness campaign about full membership in CARICOM. The expectation was that it would begin in November, and so far that has not happened. However, over the weekend, I participated in a telephone survey that asked participants whether they …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, I do. Given that the participants in the survey have not received sufficient information to develop an informed opinion, how will the data that will come from this survey be used and represented as part of the whole informational campaign?
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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124 words
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Just to put it in context so we do not lose where we were, my questions were about the public survey that has been done with respect to CARICOM membership. And I actually took the survey, so my questions are in relation to the questions that were asked to me and the information that is …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have. And thank you very much.
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. I was going to actually resubmit them to her, so I do appreciate that.
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to send congratulations to the Northlands Primary School Choir. They have released a Christmas song, which is on streaming services. I listened to it the other day. It is a great song, and to hear the lovely voices . And congratulations to Terry Henry, the music teacher who brought all of this together, and …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. It is good to see that the land tax is being digitised and modernised and that kind of thing. There wasn't any mention, and I guess it does not include the billing of the land tax, and I would like to see that move forward at some point, particularly given the fact that you have seniors who …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. My question is : Will the renewable energy sources feed into the grid, or will they just feed into the residence that has qualified for this? A nd then the other thing is : What kind of stabilisation is there for them ? And I would assume that there is no sort of backup for this …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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On the motion to adjourn last week , I got a message on my phone. And it really , really upset me, and it made me think about the upcoming holidays and the end of the year . It was a really awful traffic accident that occurred on Middle Road in Southampton. And I was kind of keeping my eye …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was very happy to hear that there is going to be calming measures on Church Road, but I did not see that there was going to be any paving done on Church Road. So as part of the traffic calming measures, will paving—
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Oh, I am sorry . I am sorry . Okay. 1638 5 December 2025 Official Hansard Report B ermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Okay . You did not have anyone to—
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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No, nothing. I got chickened out.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to associate myself with the condolences for Ms. Sonia Grant. In my previous life as a reporter, I interviewed her several times. She was a lovely woman, very accomplished, and somebody that I always looked up to. I would also like to associate with the condolences for Dr. Eugene Harvey . I would …
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Mr. Minister. [I have] j ust a couple of questions. We obviously do support the extension of the Clean Air Amendment Act 2024 to solve some of the other issues that are affecting the communities. I do have a couple of questions. Much of the environmental regulations are extracted from either the US, …
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, those are my questions. Thank you.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It has been about three weeks now since the accident involving the trash truck . And at the time the reports and government spokesperson said that no one was injured. Subsequent to that there is somebody who has come out and said that they were in fact injured and so was somebody else and that they …
7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, it's [constituency] 31. Thank you.
7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Of Health.
7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. QUESTION 1: LEPTOSPIROSIS, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY PROTECTED FROM