Speeches by Susan E. Jackson

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Yes, I have a further question. Regarding the access to the national parks, does that mean that guided tour vehicles —which is a new definition —will somehow be incorporated into the National Parks Act in order for guided tour vehicles to fall under the same instruction and direction according to the National Parks Act for …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I have one other question , and this is just regarding the access with our main roads . Can the Minister please describe what controls may be put in place to ensure the smooth mov ement of traffic if t here are going to be large groups of guided tours on our main roads? Hon. W. …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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So will there be a restriction or a control around the number of guided tour vehicles 1254 6 Ma y 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly that will be in a tour group while on the main roads in Bermuda?

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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[No, Mr. Deputy] Speaker, thank you and good morning.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to say a few words.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My concern today is focusing more on the humanity behind this Bill. I would like to speak a little bit about the vision, because I would imagine that there are a number of people that are sitting at home right now wondering what has this got to do with me? What am I, …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Thank you very much Mr. Deputy Speaker. This speaks directly to my point. We have on the table negotiations and agreements and terms of financing that we have not necessarily considered before. And if we had just taken a few more months to have considered what potentially could have been an industry -wide new structure around conces sions …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. So with out the taxpaying dollars that we are giving away, basically with the Fairmont Southampton [Hotel] Act, and the potential that we have on Island right now, existing properties that are closed, that will be looking at this kind of concession and saying, We want it too, which will be another layout of another …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you. I am going to hang on to the word “if.” I am also looking to the future and looking at this from a visionary perspective that says that there is almost no way . . . there are existing hotels on this Island, future hotels and closed hotels, that want to reopen that will also want similar concessions. …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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The St. George’s Resort Act. Like most of us, I went back and looked through the Hansard for that. And I could not help but raise my eyebrows at the fact that the PLP Administration at the time were most agitated to get as many details about the St. [George’s] Resort Act as they possibly could. At the time the …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I will never profess to be the financial numbers person, but one of t he pieces that did strike me was just a simple but major piece of information that would have helped me. That is that there is a defini-tion in the Fairmont Southampton [Hotel] Act that gives the definition of a guest room. In …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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I am just making my point : no matter how little or how much, i t would be very nice to just have a little more information. Hon. Walter H. Roban: Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Deputy S peaker. Just making a point there. In conclusion, I do not think that there is an ything much within these three pages that really gives me and the constituents that I listen to who are concerned about the future, especially regarding the po-tential dilution of the tax revenue that will be reinves ted into the social …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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It would be nice to see.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you. I would like to know a little bit more about — Hon. W. Lawrence Scott: Mr. Deputy Speaker —

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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—[INAUDIBLE] thoughts around condo development. 1292 6 Ma y 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. W. Lawrence Scott: Mr. Deputy Speaker. Point of or der, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes. Okay. I can withdraw them. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.