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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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610 words
No, I’m not surprised but it speaks to a mind- set that they can discuss us, our future—the headline was The Future of the Overseas Territories —without talking to the people in the Overseas Territories. Mr. Speaker, we had no knowledge of it. We, collectively, in the Overseas Territories had no knowledge about it. So, one by one, I listened …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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8 words
Good morning, Mr. Speaker. How are you doing?
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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137 words
I would like to start off with some sad news, the passing of Mr. Charles Paul, orig-inally from Pond Hill; Ms. LaVerne Burch from Devon-shire; Clarkson Smith from Green Acres, Devonshire (whom cousin Bishop mentioned earlier); Mr. “Bubba” Harris, who was uncle to Minister Rabain; Ms. Tiffani Raynor of Upland Street, Devonshire; Ms. Mary Lowe of Cloverdale Close, Devonshire; and …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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132 words
Yes, mixologist; right. Mr. Speaker, echoing what the Deputy Premier said, I would like to give congratulations to the Depart-ments of Energy and Transport for their work in electri-fying our bus system. We are the envy of the OTs [Overseas Territories]. None of them have public trans-portation, much less electric transportati on. Also echoing the comments —and I declare my …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if I can just get some clarity from the Minister. Is it the Government’s duty to create these private entities that the OBA keeps talking about? Thank you.
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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385 words
Mr. Speaker, I will not even be that long. Mr. Speaker, earlier I know I heard the word debat able, po- table/pot -able. . . I won’t get into that. But I know I did hear an Honourable Member in this Ho use say and I quote, The speed of which investors get ap-provals. Mr. Speaker, I remember going back …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, like you and others, I was raised on principles. If you support this side, you stay on this side. If you support that side, you stay on that side. You cannot be wishy -washy. Mr. Speaker, over the next couple hours /days, £125 million will be spent over in the United Kingdom, or has been spent , celebrating …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to associate myself with the words of remarks about Mrs. [Muriel] Ande rson (nee Darrell). I didn’t know Mrs. Anderson that much, but I knew some of her sisters very well. Last week, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I went to service up in that side of the country —
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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—and I was informed of Mrs. Anderson’s passing. And then as I went inside of the service, I sat down, and as fate would have it I was sitting next to Mrs. Anderson’s sister. And I said to her, You have my condolences. And she was like, Thank you. Thank you. [It was] her sister and her niece. To my …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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221 words
I am like, Okay. I got to call the Royal Gazette because there has got to be a mis-take. That lady was in church on Friday. Before I could call the Royal Gazette, I got a WhatsApp from a family member to say, I have to inform you that my aunt passed. I said, I know your aunt passed on …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am going to take lead- off from my honourable colleague from [constituency] 33 where not so much speaking to the specifics of spyglasses and ad-mirals and ostriches and apologies, but more so tor-toise and the hare, Mr. Deputy Speaker. [ Inaudible interjection]
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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H-A-R- E, for avoidance of doubt. Mr. Deputy Speaker, honourable colleague Jamahl Simmons, Jamahl Snaith- Simmons, said it adequately. In the year . . . ironically, we do have to thank someone for our success. A guy named Adolf Hitler. Anybody know about that guy? A bad guy. But not as bad as Horatio Nelson. But anyway, Mr. Deputy Speaker, …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Be that as it may, Mr. Speaker, we became the hare. We were like, We’re better than those other islands! They ’re still down there picking mangoes, cutting sugar cane, fishing for conch. We had US dollars real easy. And subsequent genera-tions were able to build houses, send their children to school and so on. But somewhere along the line …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I will not dwell too far in it because it is a real occasion that the Member from [constituency] 22 actually agrees with what we are putting forward.
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, I am.
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Spe aker, good evening. I honestly was not even planning on coming back here. I left earlier.
13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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No, n o. That w as someone else’s bag.
13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I left here at 6:00 [pm], Mr. Speaker, to take a visiting guest out for the evening. And after the evening was over, I was driving him back to his hotel, and I had the House on , [I was listening]. And the Premier was giving his presentation on the customs relief, so I was explaining to him, you know …