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Mark J. Pettingill

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19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Minister would be aware that the ruling set out very, very clearly what the position was on the law , and it should have taken five minutes for the Attorney General’s Cham-bers to be able to advise that marriages would be en-tirely permissible as at that stage. Why is that taking so long? The judgment was two weeks …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Is the Honourable Minister aware that the Government has certainly made clear publicly that it has no intention to appeal the ruling and that consequently marriages should be moving Bermuda House of Assembly ahead, and the amendments are in fact quite sim ple to make and set out fully in the judgment?
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplemental?
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplemental, Mr. Speaker.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Minister please confirm that the Government’s consideration of these extended concessions was in fact made after the announcement of the casino gaming licens ing fees were made public? They were made after that.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Now that same- sex marriage is behind us in a sense, and I have addressed on a number of occ asions casino gaming, and I am now here, again, we are somewhat at the forefront with regard to marijua-na. Maybe my friend and I over here should be the liberal Independent party, I do not …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, in the sense that . . . you know, it was not like, Let’s get all over it . You know, it was not a case of we are going to jump all over it. Sorry?
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Vacillating . . . I just used the wrong word. But we are not going to get all over that issue. I did not mean any offence to my honourable friend—
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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In vacillating . . . vacillating, yes, yes. [Inaudible interjection]
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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I just said I used the wrong word.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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It is . . . it should be important.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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I clarify, I did not mean to infer in any way that my honourable friend was not being truthful in relation to that, it was vacillating, I stumbled over it . . . not prevaricating. Absolutely. 1734 19 May 2017 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjection]
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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So, I am a little tired. Thank you. But Mr. Speaker, coming back to it . . . there are all of these mischiefs that we have to address across the board. I mean, we have to start som ewhere; we have to start somewhere. That is the point. We have to start somewhere. And the history of law is …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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You know, my cousin’s car would be there, okay, you know. He would be having a debate by himself maybe up here . . . it would happen. What I am saying is it is significant —it is signif icant. Let us be honest. So what . . . you know, the reason that I have to lend my support …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker , or really a point of clarification — Hon. Kenneth (Kenny) Bascome: Go ahead.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Just for the listening members of the public and for the Honourable Member , in any case of seizure the drugs are taken by the police and have to be analysed and weighed before a person is effectively charged. So, it does not make any differ-ence. One has to assume that the police are acting in accordance with their proper …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I am obliged to my honourable and learned friend. I have discussed these amendments with the Members of the Government and the Honourable A ttorney General. There are seven . . . my honourable and learned friend, the Shadow Attorney General, I guess, will go through each clause for the sake of regularity, as it will …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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And cannabis is misspelled . . . I am apologising. Cannabis should be . . . I think we can—
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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I do not know if anybody was . . . what they were doing when they were writing it, but for some reason . . . [Laughter]
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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I wrote it. I wrote it. [Laughter]