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Ben Smith, MP

Ben Smith, MP

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5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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—that can be given to Youth and Sport. So, specifically talking on the programmes, there is Government grant money given to the Natio nal Sports Governing Bodies, the NSGBs. One of the issues is that, yes, I agree that the Anti -Doping Ass ociation, BSADA, is an important part of sport. But when they have such a large number on …
5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Three- zero-zero-five-five. Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: Thank you.
5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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So, I stated it at the beginning that I was looking under the grants that are given to National Sports Governing Bodies. Back to where I was. Specifically, if she had been a public school girl who had the same aspir ations, same world championship pedigree, as a Bermuda House of Assembly youngster, would she have had the ability to …
5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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I guess what I am trying to say is, if there are 35 National Governing Bodies and you have to split that pie up that the Member just referred to, that is not a big increase. I am not saying there is not an increase. I am saying that it is not enough. In 2015, the now -Minister said it. …
5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Moving on to cost centre 30060, Sports Facilities. I believe this is mostly the National Sports Centre. So there is a number of $800,000 that has been provided to the trustees of the National Sports Centre. My question is, what is the actual cost of running the National Sports Centre? And what revenue comes in from the National Sports Centre? …
5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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My issue is not about what happened in the past. I am actually here to talk about what we are going to do in the future. The difference is this: there are multiple people here from the department. I would like to thank them for the hard work that they put in, and I know that these people have been …
5 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I just want to follow up the question that I asked regarding the difference between the amount that the National Sports Governing Bodies are appl ying for compared to how much money we are actually providing.
9 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker; thank you. I would like to be associated with the condolences to the family of Gerald Fisher. He is a constit uent of mine. I met him this summer, had some time to sit with him and saw that he was spending a lot of time nursing an ill wife. And I know it is a …
9 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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I would also like to give condolences to the family of Victoria Benevides. She was laid to rest last week. She was a friend of mine, also a constituent, who lost her battle to cancer. I would like to give congratulations to Jesse Washington, who just accepted a Division 1 scholar-ship to SMU [Southern Methodist University]. [Desk thumping]
9 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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And also, to Madeline Moore, who accepted a scholarship to Northern Colorado, another Division 1. Both of these were swimmers whom I worked with since they were the age of eight; very proud of their accomplishments. Thank you.
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I would like to give congratul ations to Jyire Mitchell. He placed third in the 41st Annual Kawasaki Race. It is a motocross race. He placed in the Expert Pro-Am category. I would also like to give congratulations to Justin Donawa who was named the Ivy League Player of the Week becaus e of his …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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He scored a goal, but I cannot r emember what it was.
15 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I would like to send condolences to the family of Roudette Warrington Yearwood from Hamilton Parish.
15 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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He suddenly died on the 27 th of July. He gave a lot of time and effort to swimming in Bermuda and I work with his daughters and I know that he will be missed. I would also like to give congratulations to the Youth Commonwealth Team for Berm uda, specifically the medal winners. Our first gold medal for Matthew …
15 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak directly to the sport —
15 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker ?
15 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I would like to speak to sport and the impact that sport has on the country. We cannot mi nimise the impact that sport can have on a society. Most countries have embraced the idea that sport has a very important role to play in a country. Obviously, we have heard a couple of times tonight people talking about the …
8 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I, being a Member of this present Assembly, do solemnly and sincerely affirm that I will use and employ my best endeavour therein for the general good without respect to private interest, gain or advantage, and will strive to discharge a good co nscience in all equity and integrity during my continuance therein. AFFIRMATION OF ALLEGIANCE MS. SUSAN E. JACKSON