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Susan E. Jackson

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29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
34 words
Yes, the Member back here is talking about limousines and prearranged . . . they are not even a part of this payroll tax. Not at all. They do not even pay payroll tax.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
6 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
33 words
Whack -a-mole. Mr. Speaker, the . . . a taxi vehicle in the prearranged is something that —and my understanding —is not even regulated. So that is a little bit — [Inaudible interjections]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
17 words
—out there because taxi drivers should be in the space under the Motor Car Act. [Inaudible interjections]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
5 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
16 words
I am going to s tand up and defend what I s aid. [Inaudible interjections ]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
49 words
I said this is an ideal entrepreneurial opportunity for thos e folks in Bermuda who may be Black Bermudian and male who have not been able to get themselves into the international business and all the other industries that do not necessarily welcome . . . thank y ou.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
3 words
You better not.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
9 words
Point of order. He is misleading . . .
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
186 words
He is misleading . . . I did not talk about anybody’s 250 . . . I have no idea where that has come from. I may have said that there were 600 taxi permits. And I may have said 225 minibuses, but I did not talk about anybody’s . . . that . . . We are talkin g …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
24 words
I did not — Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: You said that. Mr. Speaker , the Honourable Member said they will add on more taxis.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
11 words
Point of order! Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: The Honourable Member said—
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
11 words
Point of order! Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: —they would increase taxis.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
29 words
All I ask is indulgence to check the Hansard first before he is going to make an entire payroll tax debate on additional things that I did not say.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
60 words
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question in clause 2. And it is [new section 9BA(2)] “Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or the Rates [Act] . . .” It is talking about [how] the payroll tax would not be a part of the employer’s stand-ard rate or the employee’s standard rate, and I am just wondering why not.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
8 words
Do you want me to read it all?
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
13 words
Yes. And then number 2 in [parentheses] at the bottom of the page.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
7 words
I will leave it alone. Thank you,
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
108 words
Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Speaker. I would first just like to congratulate the Minister and her Ministry, and certainly Erica Smith, BEDC, who supported this UN programme over the last couple of years. It appears that it has been highly successful. I would like to ask the Minister whether Bermuda entrepreneurs in the programme had an opportunity to actually …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
5 words
I have a second question.