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Walter H. Roban

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2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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—for whatever. I do not recall. I do not know what the procedure was back then but it seemed to be regimented and straightforward, and whether a parent even had an objection does not even seem to have [mattered] at all. I see now that this is in here and it seems like because we are now in a different …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I thank the Minister on that. I make my point, Minister, because I am becoming concerned because of the economic climate that we have, there are a lot of young mothers who may not have the benefit of health insurance and that they may not have the opportunity to go a paediatrician or even their own physician. You may find …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Minister. You act ually said what I had hoped you would say so that the public knows that they can go and get immuni sations for free. Many people do not know that in this country—that our public health system has this capability. In fact, the reason why we do not have people laying in the streets with …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Su pplementary to the answer.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Can the Minister perhaps be clearer as to which specific convention of the Eur opean Convention they are citing, as well as the local case that is being used specif ically to rely on the move to bring about these proposals?
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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The Minister also made reference to a local case, did you? Or was it just the Oliari? Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: Bermuda Bred.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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I'm sorry. Okay. Thank you.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to bring a request of condolence to someone; I am not sure this was done. But this gentleman passed away during the summer when we were at break, Mr. C. Ross Smith. I am not certain that condolences were brought for him. Ross Smith was a well-known St. Georgian. As many of us know …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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I will associate myself because I was not aware that they were done when we r eturned, Mr. Speaker. The Speake r: Yes.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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But I would like to be, of course, associated with the congratulatory remarks given to Ms. Wedderburn. She is a very old friend of mine, and I am always happy to see Bermudians taking roles of leadership in this country in their chosen professions. So to see her succeed, Dr. AttrideStirling, is really a wonderful thing. And she follows the …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Lieutenant -Colonel Curley was made up this weekend as the new commanding off icer to succeed Lieutenant -Colonel Foster -Brown. I wish to ensure that a congratulatory message is sent. Bermuda House of Assembly I generally would have liked to have the Premier, because he is the Minister responsible for the Regiment and, obviously, it is his ball to carry. …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Chairman. Just for the benefit of the listeners, if the Ju nior Minister could perhaps just rearticulate which cost centre that he is moving from . . . for the benefit of the listening audience. That is all I ask.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the thorough presentation given by the Government on the Ministry of Home Affairs as this is a Ministry that plays a . . . as has even with the three Heads that have been debated today, plays a crucial role in t he day -to-day functioning of the cou ntry: from the standpoint of …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Just under two hours. I will thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to sort of recap, because the Junior Mi nister did start some time ago, so, perhaps, the listening audience has forgotten some of the earlier com-mentary of the Junior Minister on the expenditure of this particular Ministry of Home Affairs, page B -298, with . . . I am …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Particularly, last year, what was the number for last year, Madam Chairman? As I did not see in the Budget Book the actual number of work permit exemptions that would have been applied for. Obviously, there is a fee for that and I would be interested to know how many there were. I do not recall seeing that in the …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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I am sure that someone else on my team will have something to say about those things. I am trying to be, I am trying to stick to the numbers and not get too flowery at this point, but I am sure some of my very able colleagues will get into some of the meat of the matter around the …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, it is. It is right under the number of landing permits processed. The Chair man: I got it, got it.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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And I would be interested to know what those letters are usually for. Permission for what? And there are quite a number here projected, certainly, that were done in 2015, and 935 for the target outcome. What is exactly are these letters of permission for? What sort of activity? And I am going to go down to the next line …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay. All right. Going further down the page, Madam Chai rman—actually no, I would like to mention something else because this is an issue of concern that was brought to my attention and I do not want to go out now without actually talking about it. And it goes back to the issue of the letters of permission. I do …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, [section] 20B(2)(b). And also because along with that has been some natural isation as well. What have been the revenue impacts of those two areas? I will go on to page B -307. What time is it now, Madam Chairman?