Speeches by Susan E. Jackson

28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Sorry?

28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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That certainly is a necessity. And we certainly want to be able to provide our young 1436 28 June 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly families the opportunity to invest in electrical vehicles that are going to be comfortable and capable of carrying out their daily needs. Another question I also have is around the cost involved with …

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. My question to the Premier is, Will the Premier explain his financial interests and professional collabo-rations between the unregulated taxi app HITCH and the proposed rideshare digital technology?

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes, I only had the one question, but I do have a supplementary.

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes. So the rideshare digital platform that is being developed. Can the Premier please explain how he is proposing to move forward with the tendering process, the procurement of that technology? Hon. E. David Burt: And see, Mr. Speaker, may I respond? This is the challenge again. The Honourable Opposition makes things up in their head, builds a straw man, …

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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No, I do not have any further supplementary questions.

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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I have a supplementary. Can I ask?

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you. I am just curious how the BTA has been impacted by this financial reduction? [Pause]

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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[What is the] board’s position on the unplanned reduction? The BTA board’s position on the unplanned reduction?

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, and good afternoon. I would like to begin by thanking the team at Financial Assistance. It sounds as though they have worked very hard on establishing the short -term relief benefit. And certainly the information that has been pro-vided to me has shown that they have really ex amined and worked hard to pull this together and formalise …

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question is around clause 3(2) where it says that the “benefit paid to a recipient for a maximum period of three months during a financial year, and such maximum period may be . . . continuous . . .” and so on. But my question is, Is it just one year? Or can you apply …

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes. Thank you. Clause 6, it says that “ Every Government department shall provide to the Director such information as he may reasonably require in the exercise of his functions under this Act. ” And when it is speaking to “Government department,” I am just curious whether any of the judicial or court systems would be accessed for any documentation …

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I have a question.

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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In clause 10, under clause 10(4)(b), the duration.

14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly

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“Where the Director approves an application for the short -term relief benefit, the Director shall inform the applicant in writing of . . . (b) the duration of the benefit . . . .” My question is, Can the judgment be less than three months? Can the Director say, I will give you two months or one month? Thanks.

31 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning.

31 May 2024 House of Assembly

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I would like to ask the Minister if she is able to provide us with a number or an esti-mated number of the children in Bermuda who are presently awaiting the support of foster parents within our system.

31 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Nothing else. Thank you.

31 May 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And how to frame a question that is congratulatory? So will the Minister please accept the congratulations and appreciation for the hard work that he and the Air Service Development team have done? Because it has been a stellar job to get from what we had—zero seat capacity in 2021, up to now for 133,000 seats. …