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The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

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3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning to you.
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Good morning to colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I would like to start off by ass ociating myself with the remarks by the Minister of Social Development and Sport, for boxing. We were actually up there sitting in the same section. And we r eally enjoyed the exploits of Mr. Nikki Bascome. We even had a preview fight right next to us, …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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And the Honourable Premier can cut outside and break it up. It was really a crazy night. But all in all, we really enjoyed the experience. I also want to associate myself with the U nder-20 football team. They have really done well. But it keeps on showing us, as a country, that we get out what we put in. …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and good evening to you. Good evening to my colleagues and the listening public. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am honoured to be given the opportunity today to weigh in on this Budget for 2017/18. Madam Deputy Speaker, I feel it is my duty to rise on behalf of the Opposition, the Progressive Labour Party, to …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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In construction, I am sorry. It showed an increase of only 10 in construction. But I am more baffled now because the Honourable Member from constituency 28 had said something, if I may, Madam Deputy Speaker, our construction jobs ha ve picked up, joined this building boom, he called it, wit h the Loren Hotel coming online, and Morgan’s Point …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Constituency 23. I was close, yes, she said that her Ministry has seen 900- plus new jobs. But, again, that does not . . . it did not reflect those numbers in the Budget Book. So I have to say, inquiring minds want to know that if all this construction is going on and the Budget is only showing that …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. All right. Madam Deputy Speaker, also on page 39 of the Budget [Statement], I see where the OBA antic ipates $3 million in receipts from the sale of Gover nment properties. My suggestion is that we need to think outside the box. We need to earmark one or more of these available properties for the homeless. We talk about …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, it was in the New York Times . We must be able to allocate one or two pro perties for our homeless. Again, those are the ones that are least among us that we need to look out for. With all these properties that we have available, it is not always about revenue and financial capital —there is human …
24 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, Mr. Speaker . Good morning to you.
24 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Can the Minister inform this Honourable House if there is a plan in place, probably with the Ministry of Public Works, to have sidewalks accessible Island- wide?
24 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Just for clarity, the former Government in 2011/12 actually —
24 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, I am just giving a little—
24 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, my question is —
24 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Is the plan that was put in place by the former Government to make sidewalks accessible for handicapped throughout the Island still being used?
24 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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It is not a new thing.
24 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Can the Minister inform the House whether or not Government has other buildings that could temporarily house the homeless shelter that are in better shape than the current homeless shelter?
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker, good morning. Madam Deputy Speaker, can the Minister confirm that before any students go back to their school, a thorough walkabout and inspection will be done to make sure that all the mould has been rem ediated, and air quality [is checked]?
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is another supplementary.
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. He can answer twice, for the people.
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you again, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, for the Minister: In light of the global standard requiring that only citizens of a country can represent their country at internation-al sporting events, would the Honourable Minister 652 17 February 2017 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly please inform this Honourable House if this Gover nment adheres to this …