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Walter H. Roban

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8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, yes.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker, could the Minister (and I am not trying to be difficult here) just say what he means by saying “died”? Was that because of a lack of funding, or personnel was no longer available, or some of the resources needed for it were not avail able? Could he just say what he means by “died” please? Bermuda …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would just certainly give my comments. The whole House has already been associated with the condolences to the family of Sir John and the passing of Lady Swan, but I would just like to put my own per-sonal comments on that. One thing that has already been said is that Lady Swan was . …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am happy to get up and make comments on this Bill and follow on the statement that the Honourable Acting Leader has already made, and my honourable colleague from constituency 17 has already stated. And I do believe that what they have said, we hope that it is taken on positively by …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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He is trying to describe where he would aspire and like to see, in his role, where Bermuda should be. And that is okay. And the Ho nourable Minister has talked about essentially his lack of enthusiasm for the monopolisation of aspects of our financial services industry and industry in general in Bermuda. And we get that on this side, …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Just following on from the question from the Honourable Member who sits in constituency 18, and I am not aware whether t hese were specified in the Minister’s brief, but some of the requirements, I think based on what is in . . . and we are dealing with clauses . . . are we up …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay, 6 through 9. In reference to . . . it says , and this is in clause 8 (2), “The Authority may license an undertaking to carry on one or more of the following money service business activities” and it goes through from (a) to (e): money transmission services; cashing c heques which are made payable to customers and …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. Again, going back to clause 8, and I thank the Minister for that answer, but what I am also interested in finding out is , since there was clearly collaboration between the BMA, the Ministry, and perhaps others in the devising of this legislation, and those who are actively in the industry now, are there any technological upgrades that …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, a brief comment. I would perhaps just like to politely and I say this . . . to politely disagree with what the Minister has said in that this is about technology because it is only by virtue of the technology that the breadth of this business has been able to expand. We only have 22 square miles . …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chair man. A couple of questions about a couple of clauses, namely , clause 11, and possibly claus e 14. A question as to . . . other than what is outlined, perhaps in clause 10 as to—clause 10 and clause 11, about the granting and refusal of applic ations —are there any arrangements that are likely …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Under the same clause that my honourable colleague from constituency 17 raised— Hon. E. T. (Bob) Richards: Nineteen? Was it 19?
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, 19, thank you —the directions to pr otect client interests . Are there any . . . and as I said, I do not see this in the legislation as I have looked thus far, but for the activ ities that are prescribed in earlier clauses which the money service businesses would carry on, are there any prescr iptions …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I just wish to follow my honour able colleague and Acting Leader who speaks in constituency 18. The support for efforts through this Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 2) Act, I believe?
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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To provide some support for St. George’s , and particularly as it pertains to its . . . it seems it is focused on ensuring the ultimate develo pment of a marina. Certainly the statement from the Honourable Member who sits for constituency 1, who is the Junior Minister for Tourism, that this is an idea that has been worked …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think what is being missed today , particularly by the Government side, is that there is a credibility problem. That credibility problem stem s, not from an ything that this House and Members on this side have actually devised. This stems from actions, this stems from performance and results from the Government itself. It …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Perhaps what would be helpful is, because this is where I think we go to the inadequacy of the Minister’s brief in explaining this Bill, perhaps the Mi nister can tell us what it does not include. Does it not include a stethoscope, or the hammer that you use to knock your elbow to check your …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I am sorry. Perhaps that is what the Minister should tell us. It may be appropriate to tel l us what it does not include so that we can have clarity and doctors . . . not doctors, because we understand that this Bill does not just include doctors, it includes a variety of persons who provide health services in …
1 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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A few leaves. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Yes, a few leaves, as my colleague, Walter Roban, says. In fact, you know, when I think about it, Madam Deputy Speaker, you think about the increase in our FutureCare premiums (and a couple of col-leagues have spoken about it on this side) . Now that some of our seniors are …
1 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I am happy to make a contribution to t he di scussion, debate, on the Contributory Pensions (Amendment of Contributions and Benefits) Order 2016. Mr. Speaker, I think perhaps the one thing people out there in the public perhaps are not necessarily understanding is that a lot of this stuff that we are doing …
24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Junior Minister perhaps give us some insight as to the numbers of Bermudians who might be needed to be trained to at least begin to staff, with Bermudians, any [future] casino? Or at least, will he be able to tell us what types of jobs have been identified that will be [available] …