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Walter H. Roban

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25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, [Madam Deputy] Speaker . [Mrs. Suzann Roberts -Holshouser, Deputy Speaker, in the Chair]
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is —
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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That the Honourable Member is misleading in her facts. It is actually a fact that this Government also—
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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—of actually. Hmm?
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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She is misleading the House.
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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This [PLP] Government did begin the process of drafting regulations for the minibuses and they would have found those drafts and those proposals on their desks when they became Government in 2012.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to provide a condolence and also a congrats —condolence to the family of Mrs. Carolyn Marion Young, who passed away a couple of weeks ago and was interred about two Saturdays ago at —
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Of course, absolutely, MP Burgess and certainly all Members on this side, because she was a stalwart of the Progressive Labour Party, a long-time employee of the Bermuda Industrial Union and a great champion of workers’ rights in the hotel industry and in Bermuda in general. Her funeral was well attended by many people from across the co mmunity. She …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I am just making sure the [microphone] is on. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute on behalf of the Opposition. Obviously, I am holding for the Shadow Minister of Tourism Mr. —
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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—Mr. Simmons on this matter, Mr. Speaker . I found the presentation of the Junior Minister for Tourism very interesting, Mr. Speaker , in that it appears as if th is is being brought to bring some r efinement to the original Bill and make some changes which it is felt is necessary for the purposes of the developer, namely, …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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It is 1.250. So it was a little puzzling at first, but I note that it actually . . . when you read the Bill it is 1.25. And it seems to give the Mini ster some latitude with v arying the terms of the Bill, which essentially empowers the lease agreement to make changes on behalf of the developer …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member may be unintentionally misleading the House. Unless the Honourable Member can bring evidence of such—
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Looking at clause 3, in part icular, we see that this clause here essentially allows the Minister, if gi ven notice by the developer, to . . . I am sorry, where it says [in the Explanatory Memorandum] that it pr ovides, “in order to facilitate the Development the Mi nister responsible for public …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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So I would like to have some clarification on that change through clause 3(b). [Clause] 3(c) — [Inaudible interjection]
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay. On the advice of my esteemed colleagues, I am going to sit down and give the opportunity for the Junior Minister to give some answers because I do not want to overload him with too many.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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And other Members may also have—
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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—their own treatment of these particular clauses. So I will sit down because I can likely get up again.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I am not sure if . . . now there has been quite a full debate on this particular clause, and I think that should be appreciated because this is a very i mportant development and the process of getting to where it can actually practically be done is . . . has been very important …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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That does not speak to the primacy of the Public Lands Act, which is supposed to govern all land irrespective, nothing can be done other than what is explicitly outlined in the Public Lands Act. So those are the concerns we raise based on . . . seemingly missing because this was not explained in the Junior Minister’s brief. Clearly, …