Speeches by Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Thank you, Honourable Minister. My next question goes under H ead 14 to subjective analysis of current account estimates. There is a code description here for communications and then another code for advertising and promotions. Under the former, communications, there is an ask for $4,000. And under the latter, advertising and prom otion, an ask …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, Madam Chairman. My next question is to the Honourable Mini ster, which goes to the rentals. I note that the rental amount is still $146,000, and the facilit y currently b eing provided for that department is the Cedar Park house, I want to say it’s called. It’s quite a dated buil ding, Madam Chairman, having been through it …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman.

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My next question relates to business unit 24020, core statistics and publications. And the target outcome, or rather I should say, the performance measurement I am looking at is scope of economics statistics increased to: production account estimates by institutional sector; Gross Domestic Product by inc ome approach estimates; household final consumption expenditure using the Classification of Individual Consumption According …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. My next question is in relation to business unit 24025, core annual surveys on page B-178. The performance measure is data quality assess ment fram ework (DQAF) for National Accounts completed. And the targeted outcome is to achieve 60 per cent of the five components of the DQAF. And this will be completed, again, by …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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All right . Thank you, Madam Chairman and Honourable Minister. My next question as it relates to H ead 14 is actually on page C-13, specifically business uni t 76742, where $17,000 is requested for something called e-Manpower, which is a new spend. Would the Honourable Minister be able to explain what is the eManpower?

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. I am just making a note of the questions I have pending. Okay, great. Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thank you, Honourable Minister. Moving on to H ead 27, immigration. Madam Chairman, my questions will relate to Head 27, imm igration, wherein on page B-179, the request is for $5.5 million for the operation of H …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman and thank you, Honourable Minister. 760 11 March 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Would the Honourable Minister . . . He co vered it in his brief, but I am not sure I got the entirety of the explanation. I asked for a point of clarification. I just want to make sure …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Thank you, Honourable Minister. Would the Honourable Minister be able to explain or . . . I am not seeing the rental in the back of the Budget Book for the facility at the airport. Is that a typo? Why don’t we see it over there as well?

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman, Honourable Minister. To that end, . . . Since we brought up customs, and I would like to ask a question . I’m on page B-181, busi ness unit 37030, where the Minister had mentioned in his brief about compliance and uniforms and mentioned that some staff were at the airport. Would the Minister be …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you Madam Chai rman. Thank you, Honourable Minister. I am just trying to wrap my head around the two things. Madam Chairman, as it relates to my next question under H ead 27 on page B-180 under subjective analysis of current account estimates , other expenses listed at the bottom for a request to spend $432,000. It seems like …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman, and I thank the Honourable Minister. My next question is still on page B -180—

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. I draw t he Minister’s attention to page B -180 under the revenue summary wherein we have — Hon. Jason Hayward: Madam Chairman.

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes. Hon. Jason Hayward: If I can, just the other expenses. I d id not want to leave that one out there lingering. I guess what we would explain is that because we are moving to a digiti sed platform, what we are going to find is that we are going to have increased credit card fees. So those other …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes. Madam Chairman, a follow up question, if you please?

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Just on that credit card fee. So we are incurring fees for the processing of the credit cards under this other expenses.

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I suppose I am just shocked at how much it is and how we have to put it under other expenses. I feel like the accountants would . . . I feel like my accountant would fight with me about that. So, let me just develop a parliamentary question off of that. Madam Chairman, thank you for your indu lgence.

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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To that end, Madam Chai rman, I go back to revenue summary under page B180. I note here we have two penalties under revenue summary 8877 and 8881. My question is why do we have two cost centres for penalties, and my question to the Honourable Minister would also be what do those penalties entail?

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman, I will sta nd by for the answer on the technical , and the reason why I will stand by, Madam Chairman, is because the first number 8877 showed zeros on a going- forward basis, whereas the other one shows an actual estimated revenue. So I am curious to see . . . maybe w …

11 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Okay. So, Madam Chairman, if I may ask the follo wing question, because I think I have got it —