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N. H. Cole Simons

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4 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to associate myself with the comments made in regard to the Family Centre, Nicky Saunders, and Flora Duffy. These are trai lblazers for Bermuda and the sports of tri -athletics and jumping. Dr. Grant Gibbons, as you k now, was in this House for 25 years, Mr. Speaker. And I do …
4 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, this is the community working together, philanthropy working together. And it just shows that, working together, we can achieve great things in the social space, in the academic space. And the product will be what is best for Bermuda. So, again, to the Hamilton Rotary Club, I commend you for your contributions over the past 35 years. Keep …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to associate myself with a few comments that have already been made. First, I would like to associate myself with the comments made in regard to Ms. Winnie Mandela and her contributions to the development of the South Africa that we have today. I would like to also associate myself …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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In addition, I would like to send condolences to the family of Ms. Dorothea Tucker, from Somerset. She was a union activist, committed to Bermuda, committed to social justice, Bermuda House of Assembly and committed to her family and the people of Smith’s Parish in Somerset. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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[Clause 4, new section] 34B(2) says, “It is not necessary to file an ICO offer document under subsection (1), at any time or in any circumstances, where — [(a)] the digital assets are listed on an appointed stock exchange— POINT OF CLARIFICATION Hon. E. David Burt: Point of clarification, please. Can you repeat . . . Mr. Chairman, I just …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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[Section] 34B(2). So basica lly, it is saying the offering document is not required if the assets are listed on an appointed stock exchange or appointed digital asset exchange. Can you define what an “appointed stock exchange” is? [Inaudible interjections]
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Under the old heading 85G, identification of persons in relation to ICO offer doc ument, I wonder if the Minister would share with us how long will these companies be requir ed to hold these documents. Four years? Five years? Ten years?
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as we all know, there are low -valued nutritional foods. And a lot of those low -valued nutritional foods, once digested, convert to sugar. My question to the Minister is, Has she considered broadening the net to cover other low - valued nutritional foods like French fries, potato chips, white bread, corn, et cetera? B ecause they convert …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Is it not the Minister’s inte ntion to recommend a flat tax across the board for low - valued foods?
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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New question.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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It is my understanding, from previous Statements, that this new tax was to, basical-ly, help underwrite the cost of health care in Bermuda, especially because we are faced with various obesity challenges, di abetes, et cetera. My question to the Minister is, once these taxes are raised, will they go directly to health care or will they go to the …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in preparation for this debate I did some research of my own. And we heard a lot said about [how] the Berkeley grant was underfunded for expenses.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Chairman, in prep aration for that, I did two things. N umber one, I called up the Headmaster at Warwick Academy and BHS and asked them how much their current fees were per student. [Inaudible interjection]
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman— [Inaudible interjection] 1786 16 March 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. N. H. Cole Simons: —Mr. Chairman, I am talking about senior schools and I am comparing senior school fees with senior school fees. [Inaudible interjections ]
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, can you help me with the noise? I cannot hear my voice. [Inaudible interjections ]
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, Warwick Academy currently charges $19,444 for senior school students. BHS currently charges $21,555 for a senior secondar y school student. Mr. Chairman, in 2015 each Berkeley student was allotted approximately $20,276. In 2016 it was $19,878. In 2017, with the supplement, it was $20,789. Mr. Chairman, as I said, these numbers far exceed the current fee level at …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, I will be happy to continue. What we are comparing is Output Measures. We are comparing performance at the end of the day. Who is — [Inaudible interjections ]
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. I was just speaking to the variances, Mr. Chairman.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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And the other concern that I have, yes, we are spending $1 million for 2017 and I understand that. But I also know there is an issue in regard to transparency. We are investing this money into the Berkeley Institute and I believe that we should have more say in its operations. The Berkeley has a Board of Governors and …