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David A. Burch

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18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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178 words
Yes! Well, I did not speak on your Reply, but I underlined one item in the book and I will show it to you. And at some point I will speak about it because I can't tonight, Mr. Speaker. Now let me address the accusation of the Premier being a dictator. The only dictator that is world famous right now …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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So with that . . . and everybody is generally well known. I cannot even begin to process . . . well , I discount myself completely because there is no way that I am going to have any . . . Can I tell them? Hon. E. David Burt: Yes. Go on.
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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19 words
Okay, so I had two requirements, two prerequisites in order to accept a ministerial po st in this Government.
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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392 words
Yes. And the Premier said, What ’s that? And I said, You're sending me to P ublic Works. You cannot send anybody to tell me how to do my job. You asked me to do somet hing. I am going to do it. And you leave me to it. And the second thing is that you cannot ask me to …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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That's right. Single seat constituencies. That is the only thing we have changed. Everything else . . . John Swan says he needs to . . . He did the same thing under the same rules. And it is just irritating that when the PLP is in Government all of these new sets of rules come into play that never …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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Of course, it is correct. And t he other thing they would refuse to do is this consolidating power, because he is the Premier and Minister of Finance. What are you talk ing about? The last Premier was the Premier and the Minister of National Security. This is something that . . . and it used to be under the …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. And the fact of the matter is that Premiers of the country have it . . . This is what it says. You serve in Cabinet and in Senate and wherever else at the pleasure of the Premier. You know what that means? That means he could wake up tomorrow morning and stub his toe and blame David Burch …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Desk thumping]
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr . Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to bring extremely positive news in relation to an election pledge made by this Government in its 2020 Election Manifesto—to i mprove the quality of life for all Bermudians. Mr. Speaker, honourable colleagues in the Chamber today and the listening public shall already be acutely aware that housing prices, mortgage inter-est …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Acting Speaker, yes. The Cabinet has approved the whole $21.6 mi llion, as well as out of that will be $4.25 million imm ediately. And in subsequent years there will be applic ation for the balance of the $21.6 million.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Acting Speaker, the $21 million is inclusive of customs duties. So that amount should be reduced by the $3 million that is estimated for customs duty. 1810 7 October 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Acting Speaker: Supplementary?
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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That is correct.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Acting Speaker, I do not have that figure at hand. But I am sure we can get it. But I do want the Shadow Minister to understand the rent -geared- to-income is done on each ind ividual household. So you could hav e a half -a-dozen units of two bedrooms, every single one of them is a different rental …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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No. It is by dollar amount. So in other words, if the household income was $4,000 a month, the rent would be $1,000 plus another 10 per c ent for savings. If the household i ncome was reduced to $2,000 a month, then the rent would be $500 and 10 per cent of that reduced amount for savings. [Inaudible interjection]
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. That is correct. So of the 137 units, 77 of them ar e vacant. And so there are no occupants. Sixty of them have people living in them, but they require renovation. And I will give you a practical example. We have 40 units at Harmony Club that are partially occupied at the m oment. There are 32 of …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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This scheme was not mentioned in the platform. What was mentioned in the platform was providing affordable housing for Berm udians. This is a step in meeting that commitment.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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139 words
Well, let me clarify that we are not adding 137. We are adding 77. There are 60 that are currently occupied. The plan is over the next three and a half years, and that is with the ability to accelerate if a number of factors are available to us. We expect that with the coming online of the ren ovations …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Acting Speaker, I did not mention the Economic Recovery Plan, but this does fit into it i n the sense that it will provide emplo yment for folk to do the renovations, as well as it will reduce the cost that people will have to pay for rent for apartments that we are providing, thus contributing to the Economic …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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I did not understand what he was asking. [Timer chimes.] The Ac ting Speaker: I cannot say I did either. But we have run out of time, really. We have run out of time, Members. So, Minister, you are off the run on this one. [Crosstalk ]
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move that the Bill entitled West End Deve lopment Corporation Amendment Act 2022 be now read the second time.