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Ben Smith, MP

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13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Just speaking specifically again to the pool, obviously with my background I have some specific information that I can add to this. But when it comes to heating and the cost of the facility, can the Minister let us know whether the facility has covers to cover the water so that the heat is not being …
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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So, Honourable Minister, the questions that we asked regarding how many people are actually using the facility, the breakdown of how many people are actually diving summertime, wintertime, those answers you will be able to get for us, but you do not have presently?
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Honourable Minister, so the difficulty is that the pool is deep because of diving. So, when the numbers do not match why you are actually having a pool that deep, it is becoming difficult for me to understand. So, we talked about how expensive it is to use. And in the wintertime, we are heating the pool. And I understand. …
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman.
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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So, on page B -250, I am just going to look at programmes one more time. This is a specific question about —we have athletes in Bermuda now training in multiple sports. And with that, there is the opportunity for them to then travel overseas and get Bermuda House of Assembly universi ty scholarships based off of their athletic abi …
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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NCAA. [Laughter] Hon. Lovitta F. Foggo: Thank you. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: But we understand. [Laughter] Hon. Lovitta F. Foggo: Yes. We are looking at more ideas for sports scholarships. And we have been rev iewing a pr ogramme and a partnership with some colleges. And that is still being drawn up, and it is in the infancy stage. …
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. On Head 52, just a couple of quick questions. On page B -260, [business unit] 62000, for the Grants. There are five grants for non- government organis ations that support cultural heritage. Would it be poss ible to list the organisations and get some detail on what they were able to achieve? And, the same thing …
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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I have one more question.
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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On page B -261, it is business unit 62050, for Heroes D ay. Just a question. There is an event that happens where there are 400 in atten dance, depending on whether there is a hero or not. So, just the simple question is, Will there be a hero for this year? Hon. Zane. J. S. De Silva: Hey, look …
13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. One final question on Head 20 for Sport, just a policy question. Does the Ministry of Youth and Sport have any policy regarding sponsorship of youth events by alcohol -selling sponsors? Just, obviously, because we are trying to make sure that we are sending the right message to our young people, I just want to know …
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification.
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Just quickly, the numbers between the males and females. Can you repeat those two numbers, please?
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. Firstly, I would l ike to thank the Minister for the detailed brief that he just presented to the House. At this time, I would like to start with Head 83, National Security Headquarters. On 93002, Parole Board, there was an increase from the amount of money that was provided for the Parole Board …
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes. Correct.
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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[Cost centre] 93000. And the reason I brought up that particular spot was because it was brought up by the Minister for what he was discussing with what this unit was doing. So, I am just trying to have clarification, that there were a lot of items that are coming under the mandate of one person. So, what you start …
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes, Programme and Education. So, I believe that is Darren Woods. This is another initi ative where you are having somebody who is having to fill multiple roles. And a lot of it is hands -on. So, as you try to expand and you, potentially, get success in one area, it makes it difficult for one person to conti nue …
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Give me one second, Mr. Chairman. [Pause]
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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On page C -14, the Public Safety COMS system. So, if the Minister can give us a little bit more detail on exactly what the changes are from the standpoint of, are some of these going to be just fixing some items that maybe have broken over the year? Or are we looking for new items in order to cr …
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. I would like to continue with Head 6 for D efence. The Chairman: You may proceed.
6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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So under line 16085, continuing on with Maritime Operations, I was wondering if the Mi nister coul d let us know whether there has been any thought to adding drones to go along with the bringing in of boats so that we can look at . . . overall [look at] what is happening on our waters. I know that …