Speeches by Susan E. Jackson

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Point of order, point of order, point of order!

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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The Minister is misleading the House. No one ever talked about how we do not think [it is important that] these data are needed. Never said that. Hon. Tinee Furbert: Mr. Speaker, we just heard how our priorities are in the wrong place. It is a priority of this Government, Mr. Speaker, that we collect data and statistics for our …

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. “Independent” and “expertise” are the two words that come to mind when I think about us creating a joint select committee.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Independent and expertise.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Independent . . . and I might be doubling down on the Member who just took his seat when [it] comes to something like cybersecurity and the entire national system at risk and shut down. Who is held accountable? That is a senior management accountability. It starts at the top. So why are we as colleagues of the Cabinet going …

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, I will —

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, I will step back —

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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—but what I am getting at here is that if we have a joint select committee to look at our colleagues’ inability to be accountable for the cybersecurity of our national government system, I do not see how we are going to work it out.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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I don’t see how we are going to work it out, Mr. Deputy Speaker — The Deputy Speaker: Ms. Jackson —

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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—and on the other side—

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Mm-hmm.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker. And when I think about some of the joint select committees we have had in the past, we had the Living Wage Commission. We have had Women’s Issues. We have had Gang Violence. We have had a lot of joint select committees that have been very successful, but they are looking at external community challenges and …

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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I will move on . . . I will move on, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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So maybe . . . somebody is saying, Well, have you read the rules? What I am saying is, if the Members of Parliament — [Inaudible interjections]

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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And I don’t mean to make a fuss about this, but if the Members of Parliament are sitting on a joint select committee to look at the performance of their colleagues who are in Cabinet, to me that seems like a conflict of interest.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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I am going to move on. I am going to move on.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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They are accountable.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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They are accountable.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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They are accountable.

3 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I will move on to expertise.