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The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

546
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3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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7 words
Yes, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to you.
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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202 words
Thank you, sir. Mr. Speaker, I would like to send congratul ations out to the grandson of Joy Wilson Tucker, and his name is Iziah Tucker, and his parents, Brian and Bernadette Tucker , for doing such an excellent job. This past Monday, Mr. Speaker, Iziah graduated from the Berkeley. He received a number of awards. One was the Gold …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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10 words
Okay. Am I allowed to have a point of order?
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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2 words
Mr. Speaker?
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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4 words
It is MP Weeks.
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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I would like to start by saying, Mr. Speaker, that I commend—oh, I never said th ank you. I would like to start off, Mr. Speaker, by commending our Labour Minister for bringing this amendment so swiftly, and, by extension, our government for continually working hard and diligently and cour ageously, Mr. Speaker, in making sure that we answer the …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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2 words
Mr. Speaker.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Week s.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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18 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to you and good morning to my colleagues and the listening audience.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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260 words
Mr. Speaker, I would like to send congratulations to Mrs. April Augustus. She has been the former Director up at the Eliza DoLittle Soc iety feeding programme and has been doing that for quite some time. And she and her team —I must d eclare my interest. I am a part of that team as a volu nteer. And she …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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I would like to be associated with that, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, sir.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So far I have heard a lot of my colleagues talk about the Governor, the new Governor coming, and about Black Lives Matter. But what I wanted to talk about, Mr. Speaker, is these two marches over the last couple of weekends, the marches on June 7 th and June 13th. This, Mr. Speaker, was giving …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot of different variations of how we view this Imm igration Bill that we are debating. But as I start I would like to start off by thanking the Minister for having testicular fortitude. [Inaudible interjections]
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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162 words
Mr. Speaker, I hesitated because I was . . . somehow I got a little twisted. But anyway, Mr. Speaker, [I want to thank] he and his team, because we have talked about immigration r eform for the last four or five years , comprehensive immigration reform, Mr. Speaker. I would also like to thank the former Minister, our dearly …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I said “almost” honourable colleagues. So, Mr. Speaker, I think it is time for us to r eally take a real look at this. A nd that is why I take my hat off to the current Minister, because when we talk about the Immigration and Protection Act 1956, we have to ask ourselves who was it protecting that was …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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It made me stop and reflect, when I saw the mass of people who were up on the grounds of Parliament, locked arm in arm surrounding the building, some risking their job, some risking loss of pay, keeping in mind that many people work from pay cheque to pay cheque. But when they are willing to risk it all because …