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Rev. Dr. Emily Gail Dill

Rev. Dr. Emily Gail Dill

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14 Dec 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
569 words
Thank you Madam President. I would like to take this opportunit y to just congratulate . . . it has been really beautiful this season, as we begin to emerge from the COVID -19 pandemic, to see all of the different schools and organis ations, Sunday Schools, whatever, the different Chris tmas programmes. But in particular I would like to …
14 Dec 2022 Senate
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3,128 words
Thank you, Madam President. In my earlier comments, I shared [information] regarding the ordination of the first females in the A nglican Church in the Island of Bermuda. In the ordina-tion sermon, Bishop Nicholas Dill referenced the fact that when he had shared regarding this historic event in the life of the Anglican Church in Bermuda, that the person who …
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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73 words
Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, I move that the prov isions of Standing Order 25 be granted so that the Senate may now proceed with the second reading of the Bill entitled Garages Licensin g Act 2022. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. [Motion carried: Leave granted for the Garages Licensing Act 2022 to …
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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37 words
Madam Pr esident, I move that the Bill entitled Garages Licensing Act 2022 be now read a second time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. BILL SECOND READING GARAGES LICENSING ACT 2022
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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913 words
Madam President, section 98 of the Motor Car Act 1951 (The Act) grants the Minister general supervision of public garages in respect of their efficiency of operation. This includes the repairing and servicing of motor cars and the keeping or storage of motor cars. Additionally, section 99 of the Act addresses the control of the use of public garages and …
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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269 words
Thank you, Madam President and colleagues. In response to Senator De Couto’s question, the fees are aligned with other similar operations. The fees that have been established are aligned with other similar operations. I want to say that certainly a lot of consultation and a lot of consideration has gone into basically the provisions that are outlined in this Bill …
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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33 words
Yes. Madam President, I move that Standing Order 26 be suspended in respect of this Bill. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. [Motion carried: Standing Order 26 suspended.]
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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Madam President, I move that the Bill entitled Garages Licensing Act 2022 be now read a second time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. BILL THIRD READING GARAGES LICENSING ACT 2022
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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30 words
Madam President, I move that the Bill entitled Garages Licensing Act 2022 be now read a third time. The President: Is there any objection to the third reading? No objection.
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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128 words
Madam President, I move that the Bill now be passed. The President: It has been moved that the Bill ent itled the Garages Licensing Act 2022 do now pass. Is there any objection to that? No objection. The Bill is passed. [Motion carried: The Garages Licensing Act 2022 was read a third time and passed.] The President: Thank you, Senator …
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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140 words
Madam President, I want to take this opportunity to thank the very hardworking Chairwoman of the Progressive Labour Party, Ms. Dawn Simmons and wish her a very, very happy 60th birthday today. The Pr esident: All right. Would any other Senator care to speak? Senator De Couto, you have the floor. 708 12 October 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda Senate …
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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Point of order. Point of information. The President: Excuse me.
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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35 words
Just a point of clarif ication, Madam President. The President: Do you accept the point — Sen. Ben Smith: I am not accepting it. The President: He is not accepting your point of clar ification.
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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Okay. Sen. Ben Smith: A housing allowance—
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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436 words
There is no allo wance. The President: Senator Smith, carry on. Sen. Ben Smith: Madam President, questions were asked specifically about the benefits that were given to the overseas Fire Service and compared with the local Fire Service. And last week during that debate there was a comment that was made that one of the benefits that the local firefighters …
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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22 words
It is misleading. The President: Senator Dill, if you have a . . . you do not shout out in the Senate.
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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23 words
I’m sorry. Bermuda Senate The President: So I would ask you to be mindful of the standards that need to be kept here.
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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132 words
Sorry, Madam Pres ident. Point of order. He is misleading the public. The President: Senator Ben Smith, carry on. Sen. Ben Smith: Thank you, Madam President. So the $4,500 housing allowance that was discussed last week in this Chamber that was in answer to the questions that were asked, today we found out that the average cost of a three …
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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Point of order. The President: What is your point of order, Senator Dill? POINT OF ORDER [Misleading]
12 Oct 2022 Senate
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320 words
The Member conti nues to misl ead this [Senate] and the public. There is no housing allowance. The President: Carry on, Senator Ben Smith. Sen. Ben Smith: Thank you, Madam President. So that same local firefighter is having to pay the food bills that we have had to discuss reducing the cost of today. But remember, the rent that they …