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The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

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20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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As Chairm an of the Public A ccounts Committee I think I would know what the Aud itor General has said in front of our committee and I am certain that the Honourable Minister of Environment can concur, as he is nodding his head, because he asked the question and the A uditor General gave the answer which I just …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I ask for leave of the House to reinstate the motion standing in my name relating to the Minister of Finance’s response on the Auditor General, on the work of the Auditor General, and on the accounts of the Government of Bermuda for the Financial Years ended 31 March 2009 and 2010, …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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—with Standing Order 25(3), I am requesting that it remain on the Order Paper for an additional three months or until such date as the order is discharged, whichever is earlier.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I do believe that the only thing that was sent from our Whip was that one, number 13. Sorry.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, if I may?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I ask for leave of the House to reinstate the motion standing in the name of the Honourable Member for Hamilton West, relating to the decrease in the number jobs after several years, which is on the Order Paper listed as [Order] No. 15.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. I am r equesting that it remain on the Order Paper for an add itional three months until such date as the order is di scharged, whichever is earlier.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, sir.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am uncertain of which Standing Order I should move, but I m ove that [Order] No. 16, which is in the name of the Honourable Shadow Minister for Health and Community [A ffairs] be discharged from the Order Paper.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, very much, Madam Acting Speaker. Sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker. Same thing, right? [Inaudible interjections]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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No problem, I will recognise that. What I will say, Madam Deputy Speaker, is that from the position I hold as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, one must question as to whether or not the G overnment understands the value of oversight. And I think that oversight is something that is very important inside of a parliamentary sy stem, …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. Only words on paper, because I can recall that the Minister of Finance, when we discussed the SAGE Report, when speaking about one of the recommendations that came from his very own committee which said that the SAGE Committee recommended that Parliament set up three additional oversight committees, the response from the Minister of Finance was, We have enough …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Would you like to point of or der me, because I will yield? [Inaudible interjections] 1824 20 May 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly [Gavel]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. You can go ahead and listen. You will have your chance to speak. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Minister of (what are you today?) Economic Development will have his chance to speak if he wishes. But this is a very ser ious matter because I would like the Minister of Ec onomic Development, and I …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, allow me to say this: The Good Governance Act states that the Director of the Office of Project Management and Procurement has oversight of all public sector procurement projects and pre- contract negotiations. If the Director of the Office of Project Management and Procurement was not involved in the negotiation of the airport development agreem ent, then it …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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You will have a chance to speak, Mr. Minister of Finance. And when you get up, please tell the people of this country why you refuse to pu blish a Code of Practice for Project Management and Procurement. Now, Mr. Speaker, I sincerely hope that when the Premier is writing his copious notes that he will get up and tell …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Seven minutes and fifty seconds? Okay, Mr. Speaker. Here is what I will say. We heard a lot about listening, Mr. Speaker. And I would encourage the Honourable Premier to do so, because when I was returning from the Bermuda College graduation last night and I was listening to the Honourable Premier on the news report, he was hoping that …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Oh, please. Go ahead. The Honourable Minister of Finance said, Today. I am h appy to yield to the Honourable Minister of Finance if he would like to tell me what I quoted incorrectly today. [Inaudible interjections ]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay. Mr. Speaker, once again we have the tourism numbers. And we heard a point of order from a former Minister and that is why he is the former Minister, b ecause the front bench did not listen to him. They did not listen to him then, and they did not listen to him today. But, Mr. Speaker, yet, I …