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David A. Burch

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3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
99 words
All options are on the table. But I can say that in the case of the Corporation of Hamilton in relation to those areas, they actually perform them quite efficiently. And there is cause for a review of some of the things that we are doing in Public Works that we do not do as efficiently. So I am not …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
54 words
The short answer would be that we have not had those discussions, but all options are on the table. What we have done initially is to offer to the Corporation of St. George’s support from areas of the Ministry and the quangos, particular-ly those that have similar challenges to themselves, to take advantage of.
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
98 words
The discussions did not delve down to that level of detail. But during the tour yesterday there is a pumping station at the depot. And so we briefly touched on those subjects in terms of some of the challenges that the corporations are having. Those are quite timely, as the Water and Sewage Section of the Ministry has done a …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
86 words
Not at this stage. With both corporations we did touch on the Municipalities Act. But as I indicated in the Statement, it was a meet - and-greet actual meeting. I am scheduled to attend . . . Well, I do not think it is scheduled yet. But I have indicated that I wish to attend the actual council meetings for …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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4 words
Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Col. Burch.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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I would. I thought I sent you a note, but God knows where it went.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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I promise I will not sing, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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He could hold a note. In any case, Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to talk about consultation and what that means. Not the def inition of consultation in the Bermudian context when the PLP is in Government. That consultation means the ad vice you get from certain quarters that is actually in order. The belief is that we are too …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
441 words
Okay. According to the Oxford Dictionary, consultation means the action or process of formally consulting or discussing. I am sure I will be accused of playing the race card. But let me make my point crystal clear. I do not appreciate an yone of any colour descending into my country and feeling at liberty to lecture us on what we …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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435 words
Mr. Speaker, now the second matter I wish to address involves our Constit ution and the announcement that we are getting a new English Governor who will take the following oath, the Oath of Allegiance : “I [and their name] do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her Heirs …
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, can you hear me?
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay. Mr. Speaker — [Feedback]
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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I hear people walking.
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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No. It says “D. Bu rgess”. Anyway . . . [Crosstalk]
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay.
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
46 words
All right. The short answer is yes. But as I have stated publicly before, our intention was to combine the demolition process for both the Valerie T. Scott and the A llenhurst Buil ding. So in the interest of — [Inaudible speech due to microphone feedback]
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Sorry? [No audible response]
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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So, in the interest of full disclosure, I will provide details for both of those. That plan did not work, as the two buildings are registered separately. The Department of Planning required two demolition permit applications, so the buildings were tendered separately. And accor ding to Financial Instructions, the budget estimate for these demolition projects was such that there was …