Speeches by Scott Simmons, JP, MP

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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I would have thought that the Opposition Leader, who I respect and who I have a lot of time for under normal circumstances . . . I seem to certainly have little time at this moment for the Opposition Leader as it relates to his most recent comments. [Laughter]

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Confidence in the Members of this House must be retained and it must be respected, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I believe the Opposition Leader, and I say this with the greatest of respect to him, owes this House and his distinguished colleagues an apology, becaus e I felt that he took it a bit far. He took it a bit far …

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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And we look at many issues in this country and the public expect that we will be able to impartially —certainly impartially —make decisions based on that. So I thought it important to support this particular piece of legislation but also . . . and the creation of . . . I apologise, the creation of this joint select . …

6 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning to Honourable Members. House in Committee at 10:2 5 am [Mr. Scott Simmons, Chairman] COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 2024/25

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and good morning. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I rise in this Honourable House and join Members in offering both congratula-tions and obits. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to first of all offer my absolute congratulations to Collie Buddz for (if I may use his name as casually as I can as calling him “Collie Buddz”) …

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. And I would like to associate the Honourable Member from St. George’s, Mr. Kim Swan. And for Mr. George Scott Smith. But I will recognise, and Mr. Kirk . . . recognise also Ms. Winifred Ann DeAllie. But, Mr. Deputy Speaker, if I may speak on Kirk Simmons, who is a cousin of mine. He was an absolutely buoyant …

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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I apologise on that, Mr. Deputy Speaker. He loved golf.

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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And he also loved his community. He loved his family. He loved his church. And more importantly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, as it relates to these matters, at this time in his life he absolutely loved God. Mr. Deputy Speaker, on behalf of all of us in this Honourable House, I wish to join Members in ex-pressing to our Honourable Minister …

10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and good morning to Honourable Members. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I rise in this Honourable House joining my colleagues certainly in giving condo-lences to [the family of] a friend of the family, someone whom I knew for a very, very, very long time. Those in the Seventh- day Adventist community certainly would know, certainly …

29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, and certainly good afternoon to Honourable Members. 1874 29 September 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the Honourable Member on the other side of the House and this financial issue, financial assistance matter, is a serious matter. And I think that the community that we all …

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much, yes?

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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There seems to be some shock that I am wearing blue- and-blue, which I am not. [Laughter]

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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I told the Honourable Member that I am wearing red today.

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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Nonetheless, Mr. Speaker, I rise in this Honourable House to offer my condolences and join my honourable colleague in wishing certainly our condolences to the Lambert family on the loss of Mrs. Wendy Lambert. She was absolutely, as the Honourable Member h as mentioned, a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful person who certainly supported me in my constituency. She supported the Progressive …

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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Sixty years of service!

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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Sixty years of service. Everyone was familiar, of course, Mr. Speaker. So she who must be obeyed, I am on my feet today, she is very clear. So I will speak today on those qualities, 60 years. Every-one will remember that Mr. Kelly Zuill is familiar with of course the Mother’s Day Gospel Treat to Mothers and that also everyone …

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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—and that you had bought a ticket, that you were on Gospel Train. [Inaudible interjections and laughter]

14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly

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So, Mr. Speaker, I wanted today to congratulate him and certainly his contribution to religion in Bermuda, to the support within our religious community and certainly the way that he had handled that religious part in a way that has been both an inspiration, a spiritual inspiration to so many throughout Bermuda. So therefore, we salute him today. Thank you, …