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Robert King

Robert King

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27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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—which are attributed only to the One Bermuda Alliance, because it is convenient. However, when you have the Chamber of Commerce which has used data and analysis from all sources to include Government ’s figures , the message is clear that the population needs to increase. It needs to be strategic as my colleague said here. Not a floodgate approach. …
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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The point is we need to do things differently. When we ask for data and what is driving the policy decisions that are being made in this c ountry , we are basically told, We will get to that . Or, I do not have the numbers on that . So, we are making decisions based on how we think …
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Well, g ood—
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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—good because I am representing the people — [Inaudible interjections ]
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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—of constituency 10 and they feel like this . They have talked about this, the ones that still remain. If we are serious about making change , what we will accept is that the Opposition’s role is to uphold the Government and hold it accountable to do what is in the best interests of the country. It may not be …
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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However, it is necessary. You talk about collaboration , but the moment we have a differing opinion it is a problem for you.
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Well, what could be said is that you used every means at your disposal to make sure that you stayed in power. So . . . [Laughter and inaudible interjections ]
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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We need to do things a different way in the interest of the people of this country. It needs to be based on facts and evidence and what subject matter experts say we ought to do for the people that we represent. Let us be honest about it. If we are saying that what the Chamber has reported on is …
27 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order. He is misleading the House. The Honourable Member is misleading the House. The point I was making was that it was not the PLP Government, and it was not us, and things were prospering under a former administration. That was the point I was making. Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, can I continue? The Speaker: Yes. …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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In the Labou r [Force ] Survey data that was from the report that you provided, if I under-stand correctly, there was an 11 per cent reduction in unemployment for the age group 16 to 24 from 13.3 per cent to 2.4 per cent. And that reduction was attributed to the persons not seeking employment and/o r potentially going off …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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So, I understand that the unemployment rate went from 13.3 per cent to 2.4 per cent . So, you are right in terms of the calculation of that. How many of the persons who were not choosing to seek employment . . . because that was a 1128 13 June 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly statement that …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Second supp lementary .
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Understanding that the purpose is to find suitable employment and have persons retained in the employment market, it would suggest that those statistics should be captured because we want to make sure that persons are exiting the system. So, is that going to be a part of the statistics that are collected in the future? Thank you. That is my …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Regarding the Archives, I agree wholeheartedly with what Minister Rabain has said about the incredible work that the Archives does to preserve our history and culture. Towards that end I know that Minister Rabain would have had many conversations with Ms. [Karla] Ingeman n who is in control of things over there. And I know during …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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That i s satisfactory . Thank y ou. CONGRATULATORY AND/OR OBITUARY SPEECHES
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, Members of this Honourable House and community. Regarding the Department of Planning, absolutely, we commend the works and efforts of the persons who work there to ensure that buildings are built in a timely and efficient manner because it promotes jobs. [Inaudible interjection]
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, just setting the table. Don't worry, I'm getting there. Okay, fair enough. There have been delays that have been identified. It's 372 permits open, 165 days average age, 59 applications awaiting response, average age 170 days, youngest 20 days, oldes t 481 days. When were the delays first flagged as being problematic? Because this has taken some time to …
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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For clarification, Mr. Speaker, the word “ delays ” was actually used in the Ministerial Statement, so if that was not the appropriate term, maybe something else should have been used. Regardless, what are the performance measures? What is the intended target for response time to the applications to reduce the delay time? There must be a target to be …
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary.