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Shawn G. Crockwell

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8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As I was saying, the CEO has already stated that there seems to be general com pliance in relation to the utilisation of these high risk health technologies . Then one has to ask , really , why are we debating a very onerous piece of legislation today? But let me start off by saying, …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Madam Chairman, I found the point of order and clarification by the Attorney General interesting. I hope the Minister will clarify this, because it will make a significant impact on what this Bill is saying. And Hansard needs to record this so that in the future, if anyone needs to ascertain the intent of this …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, the same with all of them, primarily. Thank you.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. I appreciate the clarification. But if that is the case, then we have “ CT scanner, MRI machine, X -ray machin e, radiation emitting equipment,” so why be redundant if it is not something different? If it is not something different, then why put it in there? If we are talking about CT scanners and …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. I am sorry to prolong this because I know the Gallery is full and they are not here for this Bill, Madam Chairman. [Laughter]
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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But we have to do the job of the people. Madam Chairman, let us be clear. Okay? The definition is divided into different sections, so the def inition talks about medical devices or medical equi pment. And then says the medical devices or equi pment which satisfies the following, which deals with the penetration of ski n, tissue, and bone, …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, and I appreci ate the fact that there is some consultation and possibly even collusion between the Government and the Opposition on this Bill. I appreciate that. Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: Point of order, point of order,
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay, well we will cal l it cooperation, Madam Chairman. But the fact of the matter is — Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: Point of order, point of order. Point of order.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. The point of order is, Madam C hairman, now we have a motion on the floor to be debated when the Honourable Mem-ber’s substantive Bill should have been debated. B efore the motion to amend was put on the floor there should have been opportunity to speak to the Bill.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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The honourable proposer of the Bill did not make the amendment.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, Madam Chairman, it was your duty to ask for Members to speak to the Bill!
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Hold on. The Honourable Member invited the Attorney General, not you, M adam Chairman. The Honourable Member did. [Gavel]
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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He said “I will now allow the Attorney General to move his motion.” Now, that sounds like collusion to me, but we can call it coo peration. But we have a right to speak to the Bill.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Madam Chairman.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member who has charge of this Bill should have then laid the amendment. If that was the Honourable Member’s intent, he lays the amendment. He does not invite the Attorney General then to amend the Bill. If he wants to amend the Bill, fine. We can debate that. But the Bill that was tabled in this House, which …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Madam Chairman, I would like to look at clause 2 of this Human Rights Amendment Act and in doing so I would look at the explanatory memoran-dum. I know that my Honourable and Learned friend, who is more than just my Learned friend in the legal community , but he is my friend, is very …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I am talking about human rights, Madam. People have a right. We are talking about amending a clause that will restrict individuals’ rights. And whether we agree with it or not, that is not the issue. The issue is, as a Parliament, is it our duty to ascertain whether or not there is a group within our community that is …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Madam Chairman.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. I would have thought that Honourable Members would have an opportunity to speak to the amendment that is being proposed before we vote. [Inaudible interjection]
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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No, we did not. We were speaking to the —