Speeches by Walton Brown

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to say that with r egard to this particular immigration reform Bill, Members on this side of the House are happy to fully support it. We do recognise it as a housekeeping measure designed to ensure that all legislation is consistent. And we have absolutely no problem with this kind …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. We have no objection at all to these amendments.

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you , Mr. Speaker . Just one question. I fully understand why we do this to meet our international obligations and to ensure that we retain our reputation globally. It is, however, in almost every instance, a one- way street of information dissemination. My question for the Minister is whether or not he and his tactical staff have occasion …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Absolutely, but my eyes som etimes just —

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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—like, you know . . . wander, Mr. Speaker , I am very sorry for that. My eyesight is not very good. [Laughter]

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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But, Mr. Speaker, my question for the Honourable Minister is whether . . . if he has not done so to date, would he at the very least consider having discussions with other Ministers to see if there B ermuda House of Assembly are other matters that can be put on the table for consideration if we are engaged in …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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I was not intending to speak.

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you , Mr. Speaker . I was not intending to speak, but I have two questions for the Minister. The Minister spoke about the need for, effectively, a higher level of infrastructure to deliver on these measures. And given Gover nment’s current constraints, are we now set to pass legislation without the capacity to actually implement it? So that …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Seventeen.

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Madam Chairman, can the Minister tell this House—

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Let me finish my sentence and I will identify the clause. Can the Minister tell this House what the origin is of clause 6? I mean, why did you decide that we should go through the United Kingdom to have these matters addressed? In the day and age of easy communication, we can get WHO directives just as easily as …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Madam Chairman, clause 6.

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Madam Chairman, the Minister has not answered the question. The question is why was this idea even put on the table? We can get i nformation about any communicable disease from repu-table organisations. The UK is not going to determine our infrastructure response. The UK is not going to provide funding for what we have to do. All I want …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Seventeen.

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you , Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, this is an incremental painfully slow process toward getting something that is very simple and straightforward into operation. You would know that even though it may seem to be an innoc uous piece of legislation it is enveloped in a great deal of controversial, some might say, illegal actions of past decades. …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Watch those lawyer types . . . who have been instrumental in putting together fraudulent documents trying to ascertain or suggest who owns a particular property, Mr. Speaker. A Land Title Registry wil l make all of that impossible. There are people who own property today who will not be able to present original documents to have that property reg-istered …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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I read the legislation. You need to show o riginal documents. There are some lawyers who are in cahoots with real estate agents and other people who have put together . . . I do not know what the legal term is, maybe one of the lawyers can help me, but when the original deeds go missing, right? When the …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Deed of confirmation, deed of correction. So the original deeds no longer exists, but someone has been able to occupy or get possession of that property . They create a deed of confirmation which somehow is meant to magically confirm that they actually own that property. I know of one family where the owner of the property died, I think …

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you , Madam Chairman. I am at a disadvantage because I cannot find the actual clause, I do not want to incur your wrath.

3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly

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All I know is there is a provision for a fine for certain information presented. What I want to know is whether or not . . . or why is there no penalty for the presentation of inaccurate or fraudulent information? There is a penalty —