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Walter H. Roban

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21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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But I can tell you this, the pr evious life of this development under the Park Hyatt, we were further on than that when, unfortunately, that development fell away. We were a lot f urther than where they are now and it still fell away.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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So I am not being critical of the Government, I am just describing a statement of fact. And if the Honourable Members do not like that, that is too bad, this is fact. I was a Minister at the time, I know. The plans for the Park Hyatt development were approved October/November 2011. So we were way further ahead, even …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I am not sure we have had all of our questions answered around some of the issues around clause 3. But in order to facilitate this discussion, because I am sure there will be plenty of discussion on things that are to come as well, my question here is based on clause 4, I think, which …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you for that, but my point stands. They have not been presented in this House. And I am not suggesting that that is a problem. I am just suggesting that that is the only reference point that we have. And fine, anybody can go look at the Planning file and inspect those so, okay, we totally understand that. But …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, there are nine —
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We d o not have any real issues with the orders that are done in the constituency in which the Act describes. So perhaps others have something to contribute or will ask some questions. But we on this side do not have any general issue with these orders. The Sp eaker: All right. Thank you. Any …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to thank the Minister for that present ation, and to also thank him for the brief that he has provided for me to follow. Let me say first that the Opposition welcomes this discussion on this particular matter. As it can be remembered, Mr. Speaker, the question of gaming has had a very interesting …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I am not suggesting that. I am just saying that is what I know. [Laughter]
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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It is what I know, what I have been told and what I have seen, but not necessarily what I have done. I am not a gambling person, so . . . But, certainly, the modern history of gambling has been filled with elements that we have often found unpleasant, and which contributed to per haps its journey to an …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Someone is suggesting it might be hundreds. I only know the figures that have been presented to me, Mr. Speaker. Perhaps there is ev idence of that, but I will stay away from that. But cer-tainly, tens of thousands of dollars were spent on a ministerial misadventure. Perhaps they were well -intended. I am not going to doubt that those …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. And I am told by an ho nourable colleague of mine, Mr. Speaker, that Singapore is a nice place. I have not had the opportunity to go there. Perhaps I will one day. And some people are going to the casinos there and they say that they are quite nice. That may be true. But, what stays in Si …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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But I think I can make some description of some of the issues that this side has, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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And I will take my time to do that.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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But, that provides some trouble for us on this side, the nature of how the provisional licence . . . certainly, the original Bill does provide a staged approach of designated site, provisional l icence, and then operating licence, or a process of going through that. But it does appear that this particular clause in this Bill that we are …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, I am trying to be parli amentary, Mr. Speaker, as best I can! I am sure others will, perhaps, flesh it out a bit.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I just ended my last sentence with “Mr. Speaker.” I did not ta lk about anybody else, Mr. Speaker. You are the only person I can see right now. Right? And that has been, as an honourable colleague of mine who sits in constituency 3 has said, in the Royal Gazette. So, can I rely on that as a credible …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Just wish to follow on with the comments of the Member from constituency 18. I think one has to take some consideration of what has been said on this in that we have only just done the Designated Sites Order. So, one has to ask, if we are ess entially doing a Designated Site Order, and …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I have one very brief question on clause 60 as it relates to the P roblem Gaming component that will be set up. Is it the ultimate plan that this component will be funded by revenue that is raised by the Gaming Commission through its licen sing process rather than Government sort of funding? Is that a model that has …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to start by passi ng on condolences and ask that we send them to the family of Mr. Eugene Vickers. And perhaps the whole House might want to be associated with that. Mr. Vickers (and I s ay this unapologetically) was a good friend of the Members on this side of the House. But …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. Well, as was mentioned at his funeral, Mr. Speaker, he was loved by many, particularly the l adies, all over the Island. And he liked to remind people Bermuda House of Assembly of that, that he was loved all over the Island, not just in Somerset, but also in St. George’s and everywhere else. But I would like to …