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The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

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27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned to you before, I will be the only person on our side speaking on this amendment. And then we will ask that the question on this amendment be put, because despite the history lesson from the Minister of F inance, it seems as though if he has completely missed the point. And he gave us …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I once again stand to call attention to Standing Order 24(9) that we are di scussing an amendment. And, “On an amendment proposing only to leave out words, or to add or insert words, debate should be confined to the omission, addition, or insertion of such words. ” It is my belief that the Member is discussing the …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Speaker, just a point of clarification.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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If the amendment is passed, the Members get to speak on the take note motion, correct?
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, in your statement that you just made before, you said that if the amendment is passed, then we continue on the amended motion and debate the amended motion, which is that we take note of . . . That is following pa rliamentary procedure. I think the Clerk is indicating that is the way that it should go, …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, according to Standing Orders, once an amendment . . . as the Clerk has said, once an amendment is made to a motion, whether the amendment is passed or defeated, then we go back to the original motion. And in this case, the original motion . . . it amended MP Furbert’s m otion to a “take note” …
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
27 May 2016 House of Assembly
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What we have just decided is to amend MP Furbert’s motion to a take note motion.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker .
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Honourable Premier. The question is as follows: In the 2015 Throne Speech, the Government stated the following: “ In keeping with its commitment to inc rease levels of openness, transparency and financial accountability, the Government will introduce new regulations for the awarding of contracts. The regulations, which contain a ‘Code of Practice …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, my suppleme ntary is very clear —I’m sorry. My supplementary is this,
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my second supplementary is this: The Honourable Premier in an earlier answer said that he cannot state exactly when this was fi nished. Will the Honourable Premier please undertake to bring back to this House the date that the Office of Project Management and Procurement completed— the Director of the Office of …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Give us an undertaking to come back with that.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I defer to the Honourable Member from constituency 17.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, referring to page 4 of the Pr emier’s Statement —
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Page 4, yes. The Premier says (and I quote,) “ a technology park such as this would benefit Bermuda and is something we should look at implementing. It is clear that innovation has the ability to enhance our sustainable development and to pr ovide economic diversification, thereby further enhanc-ing our global competiveness.” As has been mentioned by other questions from …