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Robert King

Robert King

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29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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So the point is, Mr. Speaker — [Inaudible interjections]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Here is the other thing too. We have a difficult time here in the House as the official Opposi-tion getting answers to questions on the floor an-swered. So what chance does the public have—
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification. The Honourable Member is half right. What I am referring to is when you get a yes or a no, and we will get back to you. Those sorts of things that are happening here — [Inaudible interjections]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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—speak to the difficulties that the public is going to have trying to get access —
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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—to information.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have nothing further.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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I have made my point. Thank you, sir.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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No, no.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have heard much here today. A lot of it is true, but much of it has not been spoken about as well. We congratulate ourselves for the hotel developments, definitely the Southampton Princess. I think we are all in agreement that that is going to be good for Bermuda. I know there were some concerns …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, okay. I will continue then. So, the fact is we have a situation where we are saying we are doing these certain things, but it is not achieving the outcomes. Would it interest the House to know that persons who have substance use disorders who are under the treatment facilities under the umbrella of the National Drug Commission do …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, no problem. Thank you for that. And there again, like I said, the Honourable Member has made some points. Having worked within that system, what I am expressing to the court is this. The person has a serious substance use disorder. The programme is intensive, high- risk, high -need programming to address the substance- using behaviours. And the person …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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No, no, no. I just . . . I will make some broad comments.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, yes. No problem. The goal and purpose of the Opposition is to make sure that we are an effective Opposition, that we 214 29 November 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly do seek the truth, and that we do fight for the people who do not have a voice. There were some problems with how the, …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Okay. No problem.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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But in terms of that —
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes. Okay.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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No. Thank you for that. The other thing, Mr. Speaker, [is] we keep getting painted into this box about this combined Opposition.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Right? [Inaudible interjections ]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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No, no, no. It is because statements are made, and they are to be relied upon just like you get a US dollar bill that says, “In God we trust.” We are being asked to do the same thing with no evidence to support that. Just because it is green does not mean that we have to go ahead and …