First (1st) Sitting of the Third (3rd) Meeting of the Second Session of the 13th Legislature of Parliament · 24 Sep 2026
Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. To the AG, would each member device be specifically identified to that member? And say, for instance, the Honourable member from South Cay gets a device and wants to do something on it, then they will know that I'm u…
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Question on estimated electricity billing and Pelican Energy TCI metering systems
I'm number 8. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. The question I have for the Minister He says if you have any dispute with your bills, you must take it to the supplier. However, my question is, who regulates the electricity regulator regulat…
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Two-minute speech by Hon. Sharon A. Simons
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon to my colleagues, persons in the gallery, those persons that are listening to us via Radio Turks and Caicos and viewing via our social media platforms. I'd like to take this opportunity to wi…
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First Sitting of the 23rd Meeting of the First Session of the 13th Legislature · 1 Jun 2026
Mortgage Corporation Bill 2026
Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to my colleagues. Good morning to those persons in the gallery. Mr. Speaker, first of all I would like to say happy birthday to my adopted mother, Mrs. Dorothy Bean Francis, who is celebrating her 85t…
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First (1st) Sitting of the Twentieth (20th ) Meeting of the First (1st ) Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 2 Apr 2026
Two minute speeches by members
Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to my Honourable colleagues in this House, to those persons in the gallery, to the wider Turks and Caicos Islands, and to those persons who are listening to us via Radio Turks and Caicos and viewing v…
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FIRST (1ST) SITTING OF THE NINETEENTH (19TH) MEETING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH (13TH) LEGISLATURE · 23 Mar 2026
Appropriations Committee Report on the Third Supplementary Appropriation Estimates 2025/2026
Mr. Speaker, the Appropriations Committee met on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th March 2026 to examine the 2025/2026 estimates of expenditure. The committee heard from 10 ministries, departments and one statutory body. After hearing from the v…
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CARICOM Full Membership
Yes, a question for the Deputy Premier. Deputy Premier, was there something specific that stimulated consideration of moving to full membership of CARICOM?
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Head of Expenditure 60, Ministry of Physical Planning and Infrastructure Development
Thank you, Madam Chair. To the Minister, Honourable Minister, I think the concern that I have, and I think the general public have when it comes to putting forward tenders and the procurement process, is that we have contractors that are, y…
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Head of Expenditure 62, Ministry of Health and Human Services
Yes, Madam Chair, thank you. To the Honourable Minister, during the Appropriations Committee meeting, we talked about the delay. One of the delays in the recruitment of human resources was due to the migrant health issue, the migrant health…
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Head of Expenditure 64, Office of the Premier and Public Policy
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. To the Honourable Premier, you said it is a renaming of the unit to the Enterprise Project Management Delivery. My question is, if this unit is used to manage Government projects and, once they get to procu…
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FIRST (1ST) SITTING OF THE EIGHTEENTH (18TH) MEETING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH (13TH) LEGISLATURE · 13 Mar 2026
Member Statements
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon to my colleagues, to those persons in the gallery, and to the wonderful people of the Turks and Caicos Islands who have elected me to represent them in this Parliament, who are listening to us via…
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First (1st) Sitting of the Seventeenth (17th) Meeting of the First Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 19 Feb 2026
Two minute speeches by members
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, colleagues, and those listening via Radio Turks and Caicos and social media. When I was not in this House, I wondered why members always wished sympathies and happy birthdays during their 2-minute speeches. Now …
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Two-minute speeches: condolences and birthday greetings
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon to my colleagues and to those listening via Radio Turks and Caicos and our social media platforms. Mr. Speaker, when I was not in this House, I used to wonder why members always wished sympathies …
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First (1st) Sitting of the Sixteenth (16th) Meeting of the First Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 14 Jan 2026
Referral of Estimates to Appropriations Committee
Laid by me before you can sign.
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Appropriations Committee - Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, and Culture
Good morning. I'd like to welcome you once again to this Appropriations Committee meeting. We now have appearing before us the Ministry of— Ed— um, sorry, the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, and Culture. This Appropriations Committee …
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Appropriations Committee - Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, and Culture
Good morning, Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture. I'm Randy Howell, Member of Parliament for Blue Hills. To my right.
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Appropriations Committee - Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, and Culture
I'd like to apologize for our other co-op member, Ms. Christiane Lewis, who's not here with us this morning. Honourable Leader of the Opposition, did you state your conflict?
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Appropriations Committee - Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, and Culture
Thank you very much, Honourable Leader of the Opposition. Now that we have finished our formal introduction, can you please introduce yourself for the persons that are listening to us via Radio Turk and Caicos and our social media platforms…
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Supplementary Appropriation for Sports Commission
Thank you very much, P.S. Also, can you please forward a copy of that, if you haven't done so already, to the clerk for me, so that we may have it? For those listening via Radio Turk and Caicos and our social media platforms, if you weren't…
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Supplementary Appropriation for Sports Commission
Yesterday, the director spoke about the funds allocated for turf maintenance for South Caicos, Grand Turk, and Providenciales fields. He also spoke about the scoreboards for the Gustavus Lightbourne complex and the sports complex in Grand T…
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Transition to Ministry of Health Presentation
We'll now have coming to appear before us the Ministry of Health.
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Ministry of Health and Human Services Presentation
Good morning, Madam P.S. We now have appearing before us the Ministry of Health and Human Services.
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Ministry of Health and Human Services Presentation
Human Services. I am Sharon Simons, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
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Ministry of Health and Human Services Presentation
I would like to apologize for our other co-op member, Miss Christiane Lewis. She's not here with us this morning. Once again, welcome. You can go ahead and make your introductions for those listening via Radio Turk and Caicos and our social…
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Supplementary Appropriation for National Health Insurance Board and InterHealth Canada
Thank you very much, Madam P.S., for that presentation. I see that it's not a written presentation.
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Supplementary Appropriation for National Health Insurance Board and InterHealth Canada
Please do so as soon as possible. For those listening via radio and social media, this is to update you that yesterday the PS appeared before us regarding the estimates and now we're here again. Yesterday we did ask questions.
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Supplementary Appropriation for National Health Insurance Board and InterHealth Canada
Yes, Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
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Supplementary Appropriation for National Health Insurance Board and InterHealth Canada
Yes, Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
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Supplementary Appropriation for National Health Insurance Board and InterHealth Canada
Thank you very much, PS. Was this review done for any additional staff, or was it for the complement of 49 persons on human resources?
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Supplementary Appropriation for National Health Insurance Board and InterHealth Canada
Were all these positions filled? I see here Deputy Chief Executive Officer over 9 months. Were all these positions filled?
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Supplementary Appropriation for National Health Insurance Board and InterHealth Canada
Yes.
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Supplementary Appropriation for National Health Insurance Board and InterHealth Canada
Thank you very much, Madam P.S. I don't think we have any more questions for you. To remind those listening, if you weren't listening over the last two days, the Appropriations Committee meeting did have the PS of the Ministry of Health her…
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Appropriations Committee - Health Ministry Questions
Thank you very much, Madam P.S. I don't think we have any more questions for you. To remind those listening via Radio Talks and Caicos and social media, if you weren't listening over the last two days, the Appropriations Committee meeting h…
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Appropriations Committee - Health Ministry Questions
Thank you. You have a good day.
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Appropriations Committee Adjournment
I want to thank everyone for coming here this morning. This meeting of the Appropriations Committee is adjourned.
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Report of the Appropriations Committee on the Second Supplementary Appropriations Estimate 25/26
Public service staffing and recruitment process. The committee is deeply concerned about staffing and recruitment challenges across the Turks and Caicos Islands public service, noting that a significant number of approved positions remain v…
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Clarification on $250,000 reallocation - already included in estimates
Thank you, Madam Chair. With the assistance of the Budget Director, we have been looking at the figures, and we seek to help the Honourable Minister for Innovation, Technology and Energy. The figure of $250,000, if you turn to your estimate…
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Clarification on $250,000 reallocation - already included in estimates
Yes, Madam Chair.
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First (1st) Sitting of the Fifteenth (15th) Meeting of the First Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 8 Jan 2026
Clause 16 - transitional provisions
Thank you, Madam Chair. I wanted clarification following up on the Honourable Leader of the Opposition and the Honourable Member from Leeward and Long Bay regarding the sunset on the transitional clause. If I am a business owner with a mult…
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Business Licence Bill - Transitional Provisions and Surcharge
Okay.
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Business Licensing Amendment Bill 2025 debate
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, colleagues, Members in the gallery, and the great people of the Turks and Caicos Islands listening via Radio Turks and Caicos and watching on social media. I stand in support of this bill and this amendment. I w…
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