HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

BERMUDA

Sitting No. 7 – Friday, February 24, 2023

Order of Business
(Standing Order 14)

(a) 10:00 a.m. HOUSE CONVENES

(b) PRAYERS

(c) CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES {Minutes of the 17th February, 2023} To be Confirmed

(d) MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR

(e) ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE SPEAKER OR MEMBER PRESIDING

Member Wayne M. Caines will be absent from today’s proceedings.

(f) MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

(g) PAPERS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS TO THE HOUSE

(h) PETITIONS

(i) STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS AND JUNIOR MINISTERS

“LED Stimulus Package”– The Hon. Walter H. Roban, Deputy Premier & Minister of Home Affairs

“Update on Air Service Development”– The Hon. Wayne L. Furbert, Minister of Transport

“CCTV Update”– The Hon. Michael A. Weeks, Minister of National Security

(j) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

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(k) QUESTION PERIOD

The Hon. E. David G. Burt, Premier and Minister of Finance to provide oral responses to parliamentary
questions from the Hon. N. H. Cole Simons.

*1. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance, please list and confirm the details of all the conditions
and items which remain outstanding; The Government of Bermuda, Gencom Limited, and the owners of
the Fairmont Southampton Hotel from reaching, closing and executing the final contracts that will enable
the redevelopments of the Fairmont Southampton Hotel to proceed?

*2. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance list and provide the details of any new concessions
and or support applied for by developers, other than the concessions already approved in this Honourable
House under the Fairmont Southampton Hotel Act?

*3. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please confirm a date by which all of the hotel
redevelopment agreements associated with the Fairmont Southampton Hotel will be completed and
executed?

The Hon. E. David G. Burt, Premier and Minister of Finance to provide oral responses to parliamentary
questions from Ms. Susan E. Jackson.

*1. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance confirm to this Honourable House, the value of the
total accounts receivables due to the Government of Bermuda’s Consolidated Fund as at March 31, 2019,
March 31, 2020, March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022?

*2. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please provide an aged receivable schedule for the
years in question?

*3. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please confirm the number, and value of receivables
written off the Government’s books and the number and value taken to our courts for recovery?

(l) CONGRATULATORY AND /OR OBITUARY SPEECHES

(m) MATTERS OF PRIVILEGE

(n) PERSONAL EXPLANATION

(o) NOTICE OF MOTIONS FOR THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE ON MATTERS OF URGENT PUBLIC
IMPORTANCE

(p) INTRODUCTION OF BILLS:

(q) GOVERNMENT BILLS:

(r) OPPOSITION BILLS:

(s) PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS:

(t) NOTICE OF MOTIONS:

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(u) ORDERS OF THE DAY:

1) Consideration of the Motion for approval of the “Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year
2023/2024” together with the Budget Statement in support thereof.
[Premier & Minister of Finance]
Tabled: 17th February 2023

NOTE: The Hon. N.H.C. Simons, Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister of Finance will read the Reply to the
Budget Statement after the Minister of Finance moves the Estimates for 2023/2024

2) Second Reading of the “Education (Primary Schools) Temporary Act 2023”

[Minister of Education]
First Reading: 17th February 2023

3) Second Reading of the “Fire Safety Amendment Act 2023”

[Minister of National Security]
First Reading: 3rd February 2023

4) Second Reading of the “Police (Amendment and Validation) Act 2023”

[Minister of National Security]
First Reading: 3rd February 2023

Shernette Wolffe
Veritas Place Clerk to the House of Assembly
3rd Floor
65 Court Street
Hamilton HM 12
Bermuda
February 24, 2023