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Walter H. Roban

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15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary. I know you are dealing with two Members with similar names.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I will forgive you if you say my name incorrectly, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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No “I” in mine. [Laughter]
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, it is a supplementary.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Can the Minister give us an indication, based on what she has said so far . . . are there clear plans to expand the certification for desi gnated occupations? There is no mention in your Statement as to expansion into other areas of trade or technical occupations in this Statement.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I actually was not referring to the National Training Plan. But that is okay. I can talk to you offline about what I am interested in finding out. It is okay.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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My next question, yes. Does the Minister not see it as I would describe it, as slightly appalling, that at the end of her Statement . . . and I am not attributing this feeling to the M inister. I am attributing that she had to make this request to local companies to provide apprenticeships and summer work for Bermudians …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Would the Minister not agree that the fact that the Honourable Minister had to make that request does suggest that businesses are not responding to the needs as outlined in creating a pprenticeships and jobs?
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Last question, yes, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Can the Minister indicate whether there has been a positive response, certainly over this last year and even over 2015 and 2016, from her knowledge, to the Government’s effort to allow payroll tax relief f or new hires, as well as the fact that businesses actually do already get apprenticeships — persons whom they employ in apprenticeships — actually payroll …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I accept that this question may be more in the remit of the Minister of Finance. But it does relate to workforce. And perhaps the Honourable Minister, Mr. Speaker, could work with the Minister of Finance to bring that data here—
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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—to show what the actual pr ogress has been, or lack of.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Again, I echo the comments of my honourable colleague in [constituency] 33. I had not p lanned to speak on this , but the interest in a few things has been piqued with the presentation of the Minister . I also echo the congratulations given to the Minister and his team for bringing this …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, Madam Chairman. Just a question and I did hear the answer of the Honourable Minister to this generally, but in looking at clauses 18 and 20, I am still inter ested in finding out if, perhaps, it could be disclosed what areas of EU law we are modelling, particularly over the access to medical records . And I raise …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think, Mr. Speaker, what you have heard certainly from this side are some serious, serious concerns about the very nature of this Bill. And one of the things I found very difficult, Mr. Speaker, is the inadequacy of the brief of the Junior Minister. In whatever explanation was go ing to be r equired to …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I understand that, Mr. Speaker, but that is where we look for our direction , [from] the person who speaks for its responsibility. And I make that point because despite whatever concerns we have we look to hear, okay, where this is going, where it is coming from, what the rational e is. And I had some difficulty with the …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, I can only, at this point, interpret the tone of how that came over because that is what the Honourable Member said. He described what they have done, how much money they have put into the property, how wonderful this is for Bermudians, and the jobs and how wonderful that the staff at Marcus’ seems to be, there are …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Dunstan Road. And for many years . I do not know if it is still a part of the accomm odation they provide d for their staff for many years. So that is just one example. Now, the example was brought that a concession was given to Southampton Princess more r ecently for a concession for accommodation. Well , I …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to echo the comments of my honourable colleague who sits in constituency 13 in co ntributing to this debate on the City of Hamilton Plan as proposed by the Honourable Minister of the Environment. I do also believe that this is a good plan. And one hopes that its objectives …