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Walter H. Roban

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21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Final question.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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No. Okay.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not normally get up on financial matters and speak, Mr. Speaker, but I had to get up and speak particularly on this matter for a couple of rea-sons. One, I commend my honourable colleague who speaks for Finance from constitu ency 18 for crystalli sing what I think is the sentiment that is felt …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Where? But most of the houses in constituency 15 do not look like the houses on Harbour Road, or in parts of Hamilton Parish or St. George’s. But I can tell you this, Mr. Speaker, a few people from constituency 15 contacted me about what they discovered about their land tax bill, particularly around February or early March. They saw …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chai rman. Just to query Head 36, Legal Settlement, which appears to be related to a matter that co ncerned a police officer. Can the Honourable Mi nister give us the name of that case itself? Is this expected to be the only disbursements on that particular legal matter?
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. First, a comment relating to Defence, Head 6. Certainly, I do not think anyone would want to contest the work that was done around Hurricane Joaquin, because that was really work that the country benefi tted directly from, from the galvanising of those Regi-ment soldiers to assist the country with getting back on its feet, and …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. A question for the Premier, because I accept the explanation about ageing inmates. Perhaps the Premier could give a rough estimate as to how many inmates are currently in the system who are over the age of 65? Clearly, the older ones are the ones who would bring about these costs. If there is a number that that …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to echo the sentiments shared by my honourable and learned friend to my left, from constituency 36. The Bill which brings into place a number of new cautions will clearly have some impact on how the police conduct themselves, Mr. Speaker, in relation to their duties. And if this perhaps adds an …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 1688 21 March 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Honourable Junior Minister did give an explanation of these credit facilities and loan doc uments. I do not profess to be a financial whiz, but obviously, we kind of understand why these documents are here and what their purpose is. But despite under-standing why …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we come to the close of this, what some might call historic session of Parliament to break for perhaps what I consider to be a well -earned respite from the affairs of state, there is no doubt that the last five days have been an interesting experience for many of us. And I …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, to the side where you have to enforce the rules on me, Mr. Speaker. I am 1694 21 March 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly doing my best. I am sure you will give me guidance if I stray. [Inaudible interjections]
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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But we even witnessed these events, certainly over the last five days of this partic ular effort to reject the Government policy, build to a state where thousands of Bermudians showed their own displeasure to the point where the conduct of this House was interrupted. We saw the same Gover nment take legal action against certain individuals who were involved …
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Question, Mr. Speaker.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Question one, Mr. Speaker.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the Honourable Premier agree, when one reads the sentence in his Statement which states, “immigration is one . . . issue that ignites the passions of many,” would the Premier not agree, by announcing on the day after the by -election, February 5th, the Pathways to Status, having not followed the pledge which …
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Second question.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Would the Premier not agree, by not following a pledge which one [made] in their Throne Speech, they are breaking a promise with the people of Bermuda?
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I ask then, Mr. Speaker, what would the Premier describe as not following a promise to the people as?