Members
Parliament
Transparency

E. Grant Gibbons

1169
Speeches
249,853
Words Spoken
36
Sittings Active
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
53 words
Thank you, Madam Chairman. I think the Honourable Member explained why his suggestion that it needs to come under [section] 26 is a bad idea. We have got this; it is a separate class of vehicles and we want it to stay that way. So there is nothing further for me to add.
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
191 words
I am not sure, Madam Chairman, that I can answer a hypothetical question like that. Whether the Minister likes him or not is not part of the application procedure that will be there. It was not part of the application procedure for a cycle livery either. Very similar language is being used here that was used for a cycle livery, …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
262 words
Yes, th ank you. I guess it depends on whether you look at this as a glass is half -empty or a glass is half -full problem. I did say, when I was wrapping up the debate in the House, that the initial perception by the Ministry or the Department of Public Transportation is you are probably looking at something …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
295 words
Yes, thank you, I appreciate the questions of the Honourable Member . I think it would be fair to say that TCD is going to look at these in the same way they would other v ehicles in terms of the noise factor. I think the last thing we want if we are trying to add additional amenities is to …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
78 words
Insurance? Yes, I think . . . I do not know exactly what will be required. But I am assuming that it will be very parallel to what a cycle livery would normally have to do now, where they will have to have essentially third- party insurance. Whether they will also offer personal insurance as well for medical reasons . …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
95 words
Clearly, they have to have third party and the cycle livery itself has to have liability as well. They are chirping in the background that I should declare my interest. I do not even know if we Bermuda House of Assembly insure cycle liveries or not. I suspect it is rather a bad thing to insure, they are probably pretty …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
138 words
Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. The answer is, I believe we talked in the brief about the need for safety and for training, so, yes. I think clearly these are slightly larger vehicles than a livery cycle so there will be, I am sure, in terms of the conditions for a minicar livery, additional precautions that will need to be …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
14 words
Yes, I can help the Honourable Member , I have a note from the—
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
3 words
Yes, it is.
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
17 words
I have a confirming note from the technical officer that the certification will be in the regulations.
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
230 words
Thank you, Madam Chairman. I am afraid at this point I do not know the name of who will be doing that training. 326 25 November 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Thank you. The Chair recognises the Member from constituency 29. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Okay. And I do not know if the …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
181 words
Yes, I thank the Honourable Member for that question. The answer is yes. There will be regulations. As you wi ll know, Madam Chairman, you cannot bring regulations until you have actually got the Bill passed. But there will be regulations setting out specifications for training grounds and things of that sort. But I will take the opportunity while I …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
64 words
Madam Chairman, I think that is an ageist comment. There are many people over the age of 65 who are quite capable of dri ving. Let us be practical here. If someone is blind and decrepit, I do not think anybody is going to be allowing them into a minicar — Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Are you talking …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
112 words
—or an auxiliary cycle. So I think . . . and I am not thinking about som ebody who is 65 or over; I am jus t saying [that] there are liability issues here and I think . . . you know, I hope most auxiliary cycle liveries now carefully look at the visitor because they are liable as well …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
56 words
Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. I think the current rule is that if you are 65 you have got to be . . . or under 72, you have got to be tested every five years. And then over 72 it is every two years . . . or maybe it is every year? [Inaudible interjection]
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
71 words
Every two years? Up to 75 it is two [years] and over 75 it is every year. Now, I will say that my father, my late father, was driving up until 93 and was severely . . . severely disappointed when his licence was not renewed at 93. It did give the rest of the family a great sigh of …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
235 words
But I think the si mple answer to this is the Minister has given an under-taking that he is going to talk to Age Concern a bout this. Clearly, we do not want somebody to be able to, as it were, get away with it if they are simply renting a minicar, but if they had to be tested more …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
386 words
Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. I think this speaks directly to the issue of what TCD is prepared to license as a minicar. And I think, clearly, clearly, there are two sides to this coin. If the thing will only go 20 mph [miles per hour] we will have a different problem on our hands with everyb ody and their …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
132 words
No. The B ill does not envision any restriction in that sense. I do reme mber, though, the former Government talking about ha ving restricted zones in Hamilton. I guess they never moved ahead with it. But Singapore, London and other places have restrictions and additi onal fees associated with . . . if you are in a particular zone …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
7 words
So you know, the answer is no.