Speeches by David A. Burch

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, yes. Thank you.

11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I lay before this Honourable House the Bermuda Land Development Company’s Audited Financial Statements and Annual Reports for the years 2012 to 2018. The pur-pose of the BLDC [Bermuda Land Development Company] is to manage or oversee the management of the land entrusted to it generally for the purpose of integration of that land into the economic and …

4 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker.

4 Dec 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to be associated with the congra tulations to my colleague, MP Caines, on his appointment as President of Ascendant. I would also like to be associated with the congratulations to, firstly, Ms. Cindy Clarke on being appointed the Director of Public Prosecutions. I think that considering her journey to that post gives us …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. This morning I wish to inform this House of the new operators of the Horseshoe Bay beach co ncession . I would like to give some background on the process employed to get to this point. Having r eviewed the last tendering process, the existing lease and the lessons learned, plans were put in place to …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Therefore, the expiry of the existing lease has presented an opportunity to have the facility redeveloped and improved. The property was advertised, inviting pr oposals for the improvement and operation of the café commencing at the termination of the current lease. However, in the absence of government capital funding for the development of the site, consideration was given to exploring …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker.

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I move that the Bill entitled St. George’s Club Act 2020 be now read the second tim e.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, accor ding to a report of February of this year Hotelco Bermuda SVC, the company behind the St. Regis hotel development in the Olde Towne of St. George’s confirmed that it had plans to buy the St . George's Club resort shortly after the resort’s closure. Hotelco advised that their plans were to renovate and redevelop the property …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Let me first say thank you to my colleagues and to those in the Opposition who are supporting this Bill. There was a questi on about timesharing. I did mention in my Statement that the new owners will honour the commitment to the timesharing . . . those people who still have timeshares there. And there was a question about …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. Mr. Chairm an, I would like to move clauses 1 through 6.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Clause 1 is self - explanatory. Clause 2 gives the interpretation of various expressions used in the Bill. Clause 3 authorises the Minister responsible for public lands to lease the property to the developer for a term not exceeding 262 years, but such parts of the property, and rights and interests over it, as are needed for the development and …

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I don’t have the answer to that question. I will need to get something from my technical officers. Can I give an undertaking to provide that answer to the Honourable Member?

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I move that clauses 1 through 6 be approved.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I move that Schedules 1, 2 and 3 be approved.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I move that the preamble be approved.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. I now move that the Bill be reported to the House as printed.

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. House resumed at 5:40 pm [Hon. Dennis P. Lister, Jr., Speaker, in the Chair] REPORT OF COMMITTEE ST. GEORGE’S CLUB ACT 2020

27 Nov 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I move that the Bill entitled Bermuda National Parks Amend-ment Act 2020 be now read a second ti me.