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Suzann Roberts-Holshouser

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12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker , and I will be brief. I am very pleased to actually see this change to our legislation. I have to admit that we have seen some pieces come forward that I have not always been as supportive of, but this is one that I am. It speaks well to some of the areas that I …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Take a deep breath because one of the individuals I came across while canvassing had a complaint about the temperament within this House. So, I am going to try and keep my temperament down as a St. David’s island er and the daughter of a Portuguese individual , which might not always be the best or …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , I am not quite clear on that last statement. Is he saying that there was . . . we were not in debt?
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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I would beg to differ, Mr. Speaker . But Mr. Speaker, that is not where I am going. Where I am going . . . I would beg to differ and I would like perhaps statistics that we will hear, but quite frankly we were not . . . Bermuda was not in f inancial . . . the Government …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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—back in 1998. Does that help? Hon. E. David Burt: Po int of order.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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I will stand corrected. I will stand corrected. But let me go where I am going today, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, where I am going is this: if the Progressive Labour Party feel that they can spin Ber-muda around until we are dizzy . . . that is what is going on right now. We are a bit dizzy. Mr. …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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And indeed, not all, but there was not all 13 years ago, there was not all of Bermuda that was seeing the benefits 20 years ago. And I would venture to say, regardless of who is running the Government, in five years ’ time still all will not be seeing the benefits. That is a reality. But the truth of …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. It is a supplementary.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Would the Mini ster consider the fact that once the considered illegal pit bull breed are indeed given the option to be licensed , if that is the direction in which they go, that the dogs will then be able to have access to proper veterinarian practices, whereas as an illegal breed, they currently are not afforded that right?
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Twelve Angry Men. Twelve Angry Men was an original broadcast, a TV drama that was written in 1954. And by 1957, it became a theatre play. Well, Twelve Angry Men is currently being performed by the Bermuda Musical Dramatic Society. It had its opening Bermuda House of Assembly night last night, and it will run through …
6 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of clarific ation. Hon. Michael J. Scott: I do not yield!
6 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Fine. Hon. Michael J. Scott: Mr. Chairman, this is not hel pful because these are very disruptive. Now, the Chairman can help us with guiding it so that it gets into Hansard where we are. That is the only purpose of it. But it is getting to the point where it is looking like it is interrupting Members. And that …
6 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman?
6 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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For edification purposes, a point of order, what I was asking for was under what Head does the parish council come under for clarification, as we do not see that Head under the Heads of which we are discussing. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair .
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker , and good morning.
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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There are two mentions that I would like to make as I stand to my feet this morning. One of them is sad, and it recogni ses a woman who held life in her hand, who has now passed away after a struggle. And that would be Linell Greet. Linell, who spent much of her childhood on the ocean, who …
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to have these few moments to speak this evening. I will start out with the words, You cannot cherry pick justice. Now, I think those words should . . . and if they do not resound in someone’s ears, let me just tell you, Mr. Speaker, where those words (and I am just …
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I have no intention of being long, the point of it being that we have an obligation that if the police felt, and if at that time it was felt that the police were doing their due diligence, that they were follo wing through with investigations that they felt were nec-essary, necessary enough to arrest …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon. I would stand to my feet to send out an acknowledgement and congratulations to the Cash Back Programme. It was a recipient this time of Pat hways. Pathways, o f course, is a centre that deals with individuals who are troubled by the plight of drug abuse. And $15,000 will go a long …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you . Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker . If I could say “ditto” to the Member who just took his seat, I would, but I would not be doing justice to the members that I represent in my constituency , but ditto. Well presented, well said, and it is very diff icult to follow behind, but I am …