Speeches by Robert King

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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These are the persons, from my experience having worked at the Department of Court Services, having worked in Corrections as well. I know that Minister Hayward and I had a conversation years ago, approximately about 10 years ago when I was putting forth a proposal, Success Through Academic and Vocational Education, and I gave the Honourable Member a copy of …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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I see my face, not yours. So, the point is, we have to be mindful of sentencing— [Inaudible interjections]

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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You will have your turn again. We have to be mindful of the fact that we are the Government. All of us on this side and the current Administration. We accept that. [Inaudible interjections]

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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We have to be mindful of the fact that prevention, intervention, reintegration and suppression is the fourth part. And that is what we are talking about in terms of sentencing.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Suppression speaks to the fact that the behaviour needs to be discouraged. It needs to be addressed. Community policing, having “X” number of officers, absolutely. We have already established that. And there is $2 million in the coffers to make sure that happens. Community policing, school resource officers Bermuda House of Assembly and the other thing in terms of education, …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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That is correct, Mr. Speaker.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the clarification. [Inaudible interjections]

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker —

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, what I was speaking to is historically these things are being done. I am not suggesting that the current Minister of Education has done these things. What we do know is that it is still on the books and that is a recourse. What I am suggestin g is that— [Inaudible interjections]

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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—if we are talking about — [Inaudible interjections]

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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—ensuring that children who are in—

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The irony is that in those statements I was making about expulsion and suspension, that actually came from a child who was at a young person’s [Student] Leadership Conference that was held over at Liberty Theatre. And what was happening was that they were being canvassed by others who were in the cohort and members who …

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Are we in motion to adjourn right now or are we still doing the . . .

6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly

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Okay. Thank you.

29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker . I offer my humblest apologies to this House and to the Honourable Member MP Caines. We dis-cussed the matter and you can be assured such occur-rences will not happen again in the future. Thank you, s ir.

29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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Absolutely, Mr. Speaker.

29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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Members of this Honourable House and the listening public, what I find interesting from the presentations that are being made on the current Administration’s side is that when persons are trying to seek the truth what is suggested is that somehow or another the Opposition—whose purpose it is to seek the truth on behalf of the people of Bermuda— is …

29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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I will accept that, Mr. Speaker. 178 29 November 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly What was said was he understands how the Opposition tends to use legislation, or its opposition to it, to rally up — Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.

29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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—its support base. That is essentially what was intimated.