Speeches by Walton Brown

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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I noticed also in the Performance Measures the reference to the number of people who were added to the stop list.

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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That is on page B -308, Perfor mance Measures.

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Foreign nationals on stop list. Well, I do not think there can be anybody else other than a foreign national on our stop list, unless we are putting Bermudians on the stop list as well. So you might want to rethink that wording. But I noticed that the performance measure has here . . . I mean, how do you …

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Point of clarification. Would the Member . . . ?

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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It is a question for clarification.

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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So in terms of dealing with the issues of workers who are abused and so forth, we already have a m inimum wage when it comes to the nannies, in order to reduce that abuse would the Go vernment consider imposing a minimum wage in other categories of employment, such as hospitality and wait staff ?

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, obviously, we support this O rder. We recognise the importance of it. And of course, it demonstrates our ability to support important legisl ation and Orders coming from the Government side when we feel that it clearly is of benefit to the public. So we are happy to support this. Mr. Speaker, data are …

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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I cannot hear myself, Mr. Speaker. [Pause]

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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I would like to know, if you look at the Schedule 1, Characteristics, you have Character-istics, (a), (b), (c) . . . Question 2(c) Sex. Can you just confirm whether “Sex” is the proper nomenclature for today? “Sex” as opposed to “gender”? If you use sex, then you have two options; if you use gender, there are more than two …

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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So I just want to know —

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Well, I just want to know, what is the standard? What is the international norm today, to use “sex” or “gender” in the questionnaire? So that is the first thing. Secondly, I see that you have “race” being asked, but there needs to be “ethnicity” as well. And I think if y ou are going to ask the question, you …

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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So I thought I would go into some of the detail on the questions. And once again, I only get to speak once?

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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So I guess if the Honourable Premier could have those questions addressed, I would be most appreciative.

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Yes, good morning, Mr. Speaker, and good morning, colleagues.

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Honourable Junior Minister please inform this Honourable House of the number of Bermuda status grants applied for, by category, and whether or not they were granted or refused, for each year from 2010 to 2015?

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, it would seem as if the i mmigration policy is in full force.

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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There is a question. No, there is a question. My apologies, Mr. Speaker. I note that in one of the categories, Mr. Speaker, the PRC application for Bermuda status, there were no refusals. And I know t hat KPMG or some accounting firm assisted with that. Can the Jun-ior Minister confirm that the appropriate checks were made and there were …

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank yo u, Mr. Speaker. There is no need to repeat the question. The Junior Minister has replied. But what I will ask the Minister is whether or not he is able to confirm that there is no evidence whatsoever of fronting that has been collected by the Ministry or the Department of Immigration.

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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So, Mr. Speaker, if the Honou rable Member has to get back to me, why on earth would he express the view that it is a conspiracy theory, if he does not know?

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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I understand that.