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Robert King

Robert King

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11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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—effectively protecting our borders by ferrying the customs officials to the vessels?
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Correct, because as it is right now —
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Exactly.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, indeed, Mr. Speaker. Understanding that inspections of vessels under the current system of ferrying the officials out to the boat is happening on an infrequent and irregular basis and not all vessels are being checked. How does this protect this Island against guns and drugs? Thank you. Hon. Michael A. Weeks: Mr. Speaker, as far as I know, the …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Honourable Minister please inform the Honourable House on the updates for progressing building permit applications at the Department of Planning? Thank you. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Speaker, the Department of Planning continues to take active measures to improve the processing of building permit applications. In summary, engagement has been ongoing with key …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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In the May 30, 2025, Ministerial Statement, 372 building permits remain open with an average age of 165 days. Supplemental: How many building permits have now been processed out of that batch? Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Speaker, I do believe as per the House rules, a very specific question like that should have been …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I will ask it a different way then, Mr. Speaker. What percentage does he estimate have been addressed? [Inaudible interjections]
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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No further questions, thank you.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, and Members of the House, and the listening public. I [have] just a small question. How will accountability work with regard to this amendment? Thank you.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. Regarding the Explanatory Memorandum, “the Department of Planning to more efficiently establish qualifications and industry standards for the building trades,” what standards and qualifications are we speaking to, specifically ? City & Guilds is a bit vague. Thank you.
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, Honourable Member s and the listening public . Regarding the statements made by the [Minister of] N ational Security , I wholeheartedly . . . and I think the whole House can be associated with the great work that the kids are doing to promote anti - violence and finding appropriate non- violent means of resolving …
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Supplementary .
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Understanding that young persons are being recruited at a younger and younger age, what is the plan to address recruit ment in primary schools and middle schools ? Thank you.
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Gangs and crimes involving drugs and violence, knife crime in particular . Hon. Michael A. Weeks: Mr. Speaker, that is not a part of my S tatement, but I have no problem saying that the overarching strategy of the national antiviolence campaign by this Government is to address prevention, intervention and rehabilitation. A part of prevention is to try to …
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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New question , Mr. Speaker.
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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The question I ask is , What data and what research is guiding and informing the anti - violence strategy ? Thank you. [Crosstalk] Hon. Michael A. Weeks: Mr. Speaker , again , that's not from my S tatement . But data gets collected, it's ongoing, y ou know , the data is there, a nd it is liquid . …
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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I take that into consideration, Mr. Speaker, understanding that when we are — [Inaudible interjections]
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you for that . When we are—
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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This would be a supplementary .
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Understanding data is fluid and is readily available, is the Honourable Minister aware that the Bermuda Police Service ’s website has been down since 31 M ay due to the cyberattack ? [Inaudible interjections]