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Suzann Roberts-Holshouser

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11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am glad to have the opportunity to actually stand to my feet to speak to the Bill in front of us, the Referendum (Same- Sex Relationships) Act 2016. It kind of reminded me this morning of a hot potato. Mr. Speaker, I do not know whether you have played the game. I know that I …
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Then the next referendum, which was the hot topic, that hot potato, was in 1995. And we already heard reference of that, and that was on the independence for Bermuda. A gain, still a small turnout, in my opinion. That was 58.76 per cent of registered voters came out to vote. So that was a turnout …
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. I stand to my feet today in the House to recognise the achievements of one Kristin White. She is the director of Haunted History Bermuda. The reason is that I believe this is something that all of us in the House would like to be [associat ed with].
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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They have been shortlisted, Mr. Speaker, the Haunted History tour group, by the Luxury Travel Guide, which sent out submissions to over 2 million—2 million subscribers to identify the best experience. And, Mr. Speaker, as a participant who actually, at the moment, plays a part of Aunt Nea, I have to say that this is one of the most exciting …
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, can I ask a question of the Minister, please?
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Yes, a supplementary, please.
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, would the Minister be able to inform the Honourable House when the last payment was made from IRC to the Government? Thank you.
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Yes, that is right. And of course you know what else that does? The Honourable Member Holshouser says “yes.” But do you know what else that did by moving the Education Ministry down there? It generates buzz in your area, does it not, MP?
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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They don’t like coming down that way. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: I know they do not like coming, but guess what? I bet you a lot of times they go to all the little restaurants around the area. Right? All the little grocery stores. Do you see what I am sa ying? [Inaudible interjection] Hon. Zane J. S. …
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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You are abs olutely r ight. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And on that I am very pleased to stand to my feet when it is not so early in the morning—
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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It is on. I guess I need to go a little closer to it. I am very pleased to be standing to my feet now, and not 2:00 am in the morning when I always have a hard time trying to figure out what I am about to say. I am very proud, regardless of what we hear from the …
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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I will not accept that. We care enough to pay off your debt. That is what we care about. Mr. Speaker, I am going to proceed as I have the floor. [Gavel]
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. And one of the th ings I would like to do is take a look at what individuals have said before me. Constituency [36], first comments were, and I am just going to read the quote if you do not mind, Mr. Speaker, the Government needs to “rise to the occasion and do what governm ents …
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, let us talk about the Member from constituency 29. This Member decided to outline what the PLP did with the monies that they had in their coffers all the way back from 1998. And, Mr. Speaker, I will be the first to say the Government of the day did a lot. They did. I will not dismiss or …
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we would have made sure that the people of Bermuda that needed it received it. But you know what? I would expect the Leader of the Opposition to be able to speak on his own time, not mine. [Inaudible interjection]
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, oh, why do we not talk about America’s Cup? That is a very good idea. In fact, I do believe we also heard of the Grand Slam and how much money was spent, and I am not questioning how much Beyoncé was [paid], but the question I have in comparison to— and that was $2 million, yes —between …
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I was hoping that point of order would have been to correct me that someone from the Grand Slam was renting a home in Bermuda for a year. I was hoping I would be corrected, but I am sorry, that was not what I was expecting. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to point out one of the things, if …
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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—perhaps the OBA . . . I have, Mr. Speaker, my own way of r espond ing, thank y ou. Thank you. [Inaudible interjections]
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Perhaps the OBA want to ignore their own inaccuracies . I was not sure where that was going, but I think where he was leading was the inaccuracies of decisions we have made, which because he . . . there were certain sug764 26 February 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly gestions of, and rightly so, too (Bermuda …