First (1st) Sitting of the Third (3rd) Meeting of the Second Session of the 13th Legislature of Parliament · 24 Sep 2026
Report of the Standing Orders Committee
I am grateful, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, given that you are the chair of the Standing Orders Committee, I am bringing this report on behalf of the Standing Orders Committee, which report is of course approved by the committee and signed by …
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Report of the Standing Orders Committee
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Members would have in their folders the notice of motion for A resolution as well as to draft Standing Orders of Parliament amendment, and they would— It's a motion, so you just go through…
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that Clause 1 stand as part of the amendment. Do I have a seconder?
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. I think it is useful for the members to know that although these changes are being made here to the Standing Orders by the Standing Orders Committee, quite a lot of underlying work has been done by the Clerk and her …
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that Clause 2 now stand as part of the amendment. Do I have a seconder?
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Madam Chair, I move that Clause 3 now stand as part of the amendment. Do I have a seconder?
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Grateful, Madam Chair. I move that Clause 4 Now stand as part of the amendment. Do I have a seconder?
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair, and it's a very good intervention. In the discussion in the committee an example the Honourable Speaker gave, an example from another jurisdiction where a colleague of his indicated that a member in the chamber was r…
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move That in Clause 4, the proposed insertion of paragraph E in Standing Order 71, that the word allowed be inserted after the word reading so that it reads, including reading aloud from an electronic …
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2022026
Madam Chair, I move that Clause 5 now stand as part of the amendment. Do I have a seconder?
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Madam Chair, I move that Clause 6 now stand as part of the amendment. Do I have a seconder?
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, thank you, the Honourable Member, for her question. And so one of the pieces of work which the Standing Orders Committee has undertaken to do is to have a holistic review of the Standing Orders…
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Hon. Chair, and to the Hon. Member for his question. Madam Chair, if you could just give me a, we crave your indulgence. Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for your indulgence. Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for your indulgence…
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Honourable Chair, and to the Honourable Member for his question. Honourable Chair, if I could once again crave your indulgence. Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for your indulgence. Madam Chair, the very good question from the H…
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and to the Honourable Member for his question. Madam Chair, in this amendment, there is power that is given to the Clerk to make a policy as to how these devices are to be …
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair, and to the Honourable Leader of the Opposition for his question. So while the device allows a member to access their email, the email continues to be a secure email that only is only accessible to the member. So the …
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you very much, Honorable Chair. To the Honourable Member for her question, I'm informed that that is correct, that each device is identified to each member, and if a member needs to access information on it, they would have to log in …
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Yes, happy for you to help her.
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Yes, I just wanted to say, Madam Chair, and thanks very much to the Honourable Minister for Innovation, that members would recall that we are working on a revised set of laws for the Turks and Caicos Islands. And of course, those laws will …
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't have any further contribution to Clause 6, but I want to signal that I would like the committee to please return to Clause 5 when you have finished with Clause 6. Thank you.
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Standing Orders of Parliament Amendment 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Chief Parliamentary Counsel is not with me in person today, but she is actually online with me and has drawn to my attention that in Clause 5 in the proposed new subparagraph 3 under Standing Order 9…
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Follow-up on previous questions concerning the Special Prosecutor
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would have to be reminded of that. This is not on the Order Paper, so I have not been given notice, but if I could be reminded, I would be happy to assist.
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Question on disaster relief policy for residential fires
I'm grateful, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this question does not fall within my portfolio of responsibilities. It is really for another minister, sorry. It may be that it is for Public Safety, or it may be for PPID, because it talks about dom…
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First (1st) Sitting of the Second (2nd) Meeting of the Second Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 23 Sep 2026
Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
I am grateful, Madam Chair, and to the Hon. Member for his question. Madam Chair, in addition to what the Honourable Premier has indicated, there is also the fact that this same clause does not permit the ex officio members to vote. And so …
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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Yes, Madam Chair, that wouldn't— those matters that the Honourable Member would have raised in his question would not be exempt as a result of this, or unavailable remedies as a result of the oath of secrec…
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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Madam Chair?
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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Yes, Madam Chair, I just wanted to draw your attention to the motion to amend which would call for clauses 6 and 7 to be renumbered. And also for a new clause— 2 new clauses to be inserted. So I don't— having concluded with 6, I don't know …
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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
That's 8 and 9. Yeah, 6 and 7, that's 8 and 9.
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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Madam Chair.
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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Thank you, Madam Chair. Having dealt with that old Clause 6, you now need to go back to the new Clause 6, which is set out in In the notice of motion to amend in terms of your instruction to the Clerk.
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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
So, Madam Chair, what is next would then be to call out the new Clause 8, which is the old Clause 6, but you have already dealt with the substance of that. But you can call it out as the new Clause 8 and then invite the Clerk to move on to …
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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, in addition to what the Honourable Minister for Home Affairs has just explained, with which I agree. I also would like to draw to the Honourable Member's attention that this oath of secrecy ref…
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Second (2nd) Sitting of the Twenty-Sixth (26th) Meeting of the First Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 31 Jul 2026
Point of Clarification on Select Committee Reviewing the Integrity Commission
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have had quite an eventful day today, although the agenda was quite light at the beginning of the day. I think we need to watch these light agendas. I wish to address this Honourable House on a point of clarificat…
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First (1st) Sitting of the Twenty - Sixth (26th) Meeting of the First Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 30 Jul 2026
Supplementary Appropriations 2026/2027, Bill 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the amount of $8,215,694.49 stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Supplementary Appropriations 2026/2027, Bill 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the amount of $45,528,667.10 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Supplementary Appropriations 2026/2027, Bill 2026
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, Honourable Leader of the Opposition. OTRIX was previously funded by the FCDO and is now being taken on by the TCIG.
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Supplementary Appropriations 2026/2027, Bill 2026
Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you to the Honourable Leader of the Opposition for his question. Madam Chair, I do not know the specific details of when it was notified that the TCIG would have to take it on, but I believe that …
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Supplementary Appropriations 2026/2027, Bill 2026
Madam Chair, thank you very much for the question. I think we are now mixing up two things because I believe the Honourable Leader of the Opposition has now switched to a question about police records. OTRIX is not revenue-generating; it is…
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Head of Expenditure 04, Attorney General's Chambers
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the amount of $6,318,040.94 stand part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 05, Judiciary
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the amount of $8,698,569.28 now stand part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 54 - Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Investment and Trade
I am told that there has been absolutely no change in the information that is required. I do not know where it came from, but I believe we used all of the protocols, including all of the information fields that were required by the previous…
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Head of Expenditure 54 - Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Investment and Trade
That is the information that I was told was on the previous one, but I do not know if any other member here can add to that.
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Head of Expenditure 56 - Office of the Deputy Governor
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the sum of $6,003,479.22 now form part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 56 - Office of the Deputy Governor
Yes, Madam Chair.
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Head of Expenditure 56 - Office of the Deputy Governor
I am grateful, Madam Chair. I just wanted to assist the Committee by providing some information about the recruitment exercises that have been going on and the progress that is being made in addressing vacancies. Madam Chair, I am told that…
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Head of Expenditure 58 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Grateful, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the sum of $3,392,566.27 now form part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 63 - Parliament
Grateful, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the amount of $4,895,261.95 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 64 - Office of the Premier and Public Policy
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the sum of $7,471,205.25 stand part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 65 - National Security Secretariat
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the amount of $14,363,470.77 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the amount of $2,621,694.50 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the sum of $410,601.67 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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First (1st) Sitting of the Twenty-Fifth (25th) Meeting of the First Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 23 Jul 2026
National Honours and Awards Amendment Bill 2026
Yes, Madam Chair.
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National Honours and Awards Amendment Bill 2026
I am grateful, Madam Chair. The clause refers to commencement on publication of a notice, but the Honourable Premier would prefer to have the bill commence immediately on publication for the reasons cited in the debate. Madam Chair, I move …
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Minerals Amendment Bill - Committee Stage
Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to clarify for the benefit of the Honourable Member and for the public, so that persons are not unintentionally misled, that although in the legislation land-related matters are usually referred to as owned by…
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Question to the Attorney General: Engagement of Andrew Mitchell KC
Good afternoon, Honourable Speaker, and to the members of this Honourable House. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Honourable Member for his question. Mr. Mitchell KC has been engaged by the Turks and Caicos Islands Government on matters outside his…
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Oral replies to questions: engagement of Mr Andrew Mitchell KC
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am grateful to you and the Honourable Member for his question. Mr Speaker, Mr Mitchell KC was engaged for these additional matters based on his recognised expertise in proceeds of crime and extradition law, both in …
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Oral replies to questions: engagement of Mr Andrew Mitchell KC
Thank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you to the Honourable Member for his question. Mr Speaker, counsel has on occasion assisted the Government on non-SIPT matters while engaged as SIPT prosecutor. These matters were undertaken only during peri…
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Oral replies to questions: engagement of Mr Andrew Mitchell KC
Thank you very much, Mr Speaker, and to the Honourable Member. Mr Speaker, as I have indicated, counsel has worked for the Attorney General's Chambers and also for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, so the answer to that que…
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Oral replies to questions: engagement of Mr Andrew Mitchell KC
Thank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you to the Honourable Member for his question. Mr Speaker, due to the 2023 cyberattack in which the Attorney General's Chambers server was compromised, the historical records that would contain the specific …
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Oral replies to questions: engagement of Mr Andrew Mitchell KC
I am grateful, Mr Speaker, to the Honourable Member. I am happy, Mr Speaker, to table my written responses. Thank you.
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Oral replies to questions: engagement of Mr Andrew Mitchell KC
Thank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you to the Honourable Member. Mr Speaker, in response to appearances on behalf of the TCIG, applications for limited admission, pro hac vice, were made pursuant to section 8 of the Legal Profession Act. Unli…
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Oral replies to questions: engagement of Mr Andrew Mitchell KC
Thank you, Mr Speaker, and to the Honourable Member. Mr Speaker, the Attorney General's Chambers was not involved in the application of Mr Mitchell to the Bar, and so I am unable to provide the date of his admission, but it is information t…
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Parliamentary Question No. 6: Admission and Engagement of Andrew Mitchell
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not sure if that is a supplementary really, but I will attempt to respond. Mr. Speaker, I am thankful to the Honourable Member for her question. The process is that outlined in my response in respect of section …
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Parliamentary Question No. 6: Admission and Engagement of Andrew Mitchell
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and to the Honourable Member for the follow-up question. Mr. Speaker, while the trials themselves, those particular trials referenced, are over, there is one more trial to come, and the trials that have been complete…
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Parliamentary Question No. 6: Admission and Engagement of Andrew Mitchell
Those things still are to be done. Using the expression released from his assignment, I would respond in that way to that question, and also say that although at the beginning of the SIPT trial there was an appointed special prosecutor, Hel…
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Parliamentary Question No. 6: Admission and Engagement of Andrew Mitchell
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am unaware. Thank you.
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First (1st) Sitting of the Twenty-Fourth (24th) Meeting of the First Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 25 Jun 2026
Invest Turks and Caicos Islands Agency Validation Bill 2026 - Second Reading
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm happy to comment, the door having been opened by the Honourable Leader of the Opposition. As the lawmaking body of these islands, we must comply with the law made here. As the Honourable Premier indicated, there …
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Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen Licensing Amendment Bill 2026 - Clause 7A Amendment
Thank you, Mr. Chair, for your indulgence and the committee. To address the concern raised in the debate, I move that in Clause 7A, at the beginning, before the words 'a person', there be inserted 'as a condition for a license, a person'. T…
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Committee stage - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen Licensing Amendment Bill 2026
That's Clause 6.
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First Sitting of the 23rd Meeting of the First Session of the 13th Legislature · 1 Jun 2026
Road Traffic Amendment Bill 2026
Clause 1, short title and commencement.
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Road Traffic Amendment Bill 2026
Clause 3, section 2 amended.
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Road Traffic Amendment Bill 2026
Clause 4, section 10 amended.
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Mortgage Corporation Bill 2026
Part 1, preliminary, clauses 1 to 5: short title and commencement, interpretation, purpose, application and applicable laws.
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Mortgage Corporation Bill 2026
Part 2, establishment of the Turks and Caicos Islands Mortgage Corporation, clauses 6 to 11: establishment of the Corporation, seal of the Corporation, functions of the Corporation, powers of the Corporation, ministerial direction, independ…
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Mortgage Corporation Bill
Part 3, Constitution of the Board of the Corporation, clauses 12 to 24: Board of the Corporation; Constitution of the Board; Criteria for Appointment of Members; Appointment of Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson; Term of Appointment for Mem…
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Mortgage Corporation Bill
We just inserted subsection 3 to that same section.
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Committee Stage of the Bill
Part 4, clauses 25 to 30: committees of the board, audit and finance committee, risk committee, credit committee, prudential standards committee, appointment of advisory committees, other committees.
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Committee Stage of the Bill
Part 5, clauses 31 to 43: meetings of the board, special meetings of the board, time and places of meetings of the board, quorum, validity of proceedings of the board, invitation of non-members and experts to meetings, minutes of meetings, …
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Mortgage Corporation Bill - Committee Stage
Part 6, Managing Director and Staff of the Corporation, clauses 44 to 59: custody and use of common seal; management of the corporation; appointment of the managing director; functions of the managing director; resignation and removal of th…
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Mortgage Corporation Bill - Committee Stage
Part 7, Funding and Financial Provisions and Audit, clauses 60 to 77: transfer of property; initial funding by the Government; funds of the corporation; loan to the corporation from the consolidated fund; power to borrow or raise capital; i…
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Mortgage Corporation Bill - Committee Stage
Financial regulations; deposit accounts. Clauses 60 to 77.
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Mortgage Corporation Bill - Committee Stage
Part 8, Loans by Corporation, clauses 78 to 86: conditions of loans created by the corporation; replacement; repayment of loans; cancellation or modification of approval of loan; power of the corporation to deny payout of outstanding part o…
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Mortgage Corporation Bill - Committee Stage
Part 9, Reports and Progress Reviews, clauses 87 to 90: Quarterly Reports, Other Reports, Independent Assessment of Progress, and Report on Review of the Corporation. Clauses 87 to 90.
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Committee Stage of the Bill
Part 10, Prudential Supervision. Clauses 91 to 100: appointment of Prudential Supervisor; functions of the Prudential Supervisor; special examinations for soundness; prudential requirements; disclosure and access to books and records by Pru…
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Committee Stage of the Bill
Part 11, Official Administration. Clauses 101 to 104: official administration; grants for official administration; matters to be considered on the appointment of an official administration; insolvency or winding up, not applicable.
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Committee Stage of the Bill
Part 11, Miscellaneous, clauses 105—
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Committee Stage of the Bill
Part 12, Miscellaneous, clauses 105 to 117: fees; electronic communication; service of notices; customer complaints and disputes; complaints board; confidentiality; oath of secrecy; immunity for staff of the corporation; limitation period f…
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Committee Stage of the Bill
Guidelines; consequential amendments. Clauses 105 to 117.
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Mortgage Corporation Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Thank you.
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Mortgage Corporation Bill 2026 - Third Reading
This Act may be cited as the Mortgage Corporation Act 2026 and shall come into operation on such day as the Governor may appoint by notice published in the Gazette. Different dates may be appointed for different provisions and different pur…
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Road Traffic Amendment Bill 2026
This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Amendment Bill 2026 and shall come into operation on such day as the Governor may appoint by notice published in the Gazette.
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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
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we recognize all those persons in the gallery and those listening through the various media platforms. As we gather in this honourable House during this solemn and sacred season of Good Friday and Easter…
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FIRST (1ST) SITTING OF THE NINETEENTH (19TH) MEETING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH (13TH) LEGISLATURE · 23 Mar 2026
Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
Madam Clerk.
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
Head of Expenditure 01, Office of the Governor, $7,558,610.37. Madam Chair.
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
Madam Chair, I move that the sum of $7,558,610.37 be part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
Madam Chair, I move that the amount of $40,854,880.21 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
Grateful, Madam Chair. I move that the sum of $7,665,462.40 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
I am grateful, Madam Chair, to the Honourable Leader of the Opposition for his questions. These six vacancies have been advertised; in fact, many of them, all of them, more than once. It is a similar situation to what has been indicated by …
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
Thank you, Madam Chair, and to the Honourable Leader of the Opposition. We had that occur three times: once in respect of the Executive Director, another in respect of the Senior Parliamentary Counsel, and another in respect of Senior Crown…
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
Grateful, Madam Chair. I move that the sum of $9,804,613.55 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
Number 14.
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Supplementary Appropriations 2025-2026 (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee of Supply
The key will come in. This will be revised estimates.
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Appropriation Bill 2025-2026 - Committee Stage
You are bringing forward $6 million for Family Healthcare in Grand Turk that you are purchasing, and then land property—remedy property—that you can use for the investment. You are dealing with that $6 million from Family Healthcare under l…
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Head of Expenditure 56, Office of the Deputy Governor
Madam Chair, thank you. Madam Chair, I move that the sum of $5,219,789.29 now stand part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 56, Office of the Deputy Governor
Thank you very much, Honourable Chair, and to the Honourable Leader of the Opposition for his question. Honourable Leader of the Opposition, I see what you have said reflected in the report from the committee. What I have also seen here and…
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Appropriation (2025-2026) (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. The vacancies reported on page 9 relate, in the larger numbers, to other areas. I do not see that there is a large number of vacancies within either of those two offices. What I observe on the page dealing …
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Appropriation (2025-2026) (No. 2) Bill 2026 - Committee Stage
Grateful, Madam Chair. I move that the sum of $2,309,664.51 now stand as part of the schedule.
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Head of Expenditure 63, Parliament
Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the sum of $5,039,404.14 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 68, National Audit Office
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the sum of $1,636,521.73 now stand as part of the schedule. Do I have a seconder?
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Head of Expenditure 68, National Audit Office
Thank you, Madam Chair, and to the Honourable Member. Madam Chair, I do not see a note on it in the Appropriations Committee report, but I believe this reflects savings as a result of vacancies.
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Parliamentary Questions to Ministers
Yes, Mr. Speaker, I have the answer.
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FIRST (1ST) SITTING OF THE EIGHTEENTH (18TH) MEETING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH (13TH) LEGISLATURE · 13 Mar 2026
House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Grateful, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, pursuant to Standing Order 92, that the Bill entitled House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026 be now read for a first time. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Grateful, Mr. Speaker, and grateful to the Honourable Premier. Mr. Speaker, I move, pursuant to Standing Order 94, that the Bill entitled House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026 be now read f…
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, pursuant to Standing Order 92, that the Bill entitled House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026 be now read a second time. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Grateful, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, section 124 of the Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands provides for the remuneration of the Speaker and the other Members of Parliament. In particular, it provides for the Speaker and the other M…
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to Honourable Members for their contributions to the debate. Mr. Speaker, there is only one other bit of business that ought to have been dealt with today, and I think, with the leave of the H…
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Mr. Chair, I move that Clause 1 now stand as part of the bill. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
I am grateful, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, just to insert the bracketed 1 after Clause 1, on the first line under Short Title and Commencement, right before this Act may be cited, et cetera. Mr. Chair, I so move. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Mr. Chair, I move that Clause 2 now stand as part of the bill. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Mr. Chair, I move that Clause 3 now stand as part of the bill. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Mr. Chair, I move that Clause 4 now stand as part of the bill. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
I am grateful, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that, after the words Section 6 of, the word the be inserted, so that it reads Section 6 of the Principal Act, et cetera. I so move, Mr. Chair. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Yes.
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Mr. Chair, I move that Clause 5 now stand as part of the bill. Do I have a seconder?
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
I am grateful, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that the word the be inserted before the words Leader of the Opposition in this clause. Do I have a seconder?
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Integrity Commission report recommending revisions to allowances of the Speaker and other Members of the House of Assembly
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with the leave of the House, I wish to lay on the table of the Honourable House, in accordance with section 124 of the Constitution, the report of the Integrity Commission recommending revision…
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and that report is laid for publication. Mr. Speaker, I move pursuant to Standing Order 99 that the bill entitled House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026 be …
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House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026
I am very grateful, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move pursuant to Standing Order 99 that the bill entitled House of Assembly Speaker and Other Members' Salaries and Allowances Amendment Bill 2026 do now pass. Do I have a seconder?
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Destination Management Fee Amendment Bill 2026
I am grateful, Mr. Chair. In Clause 1, there is an omission. I move that the bracketed text be deleted and substituted by the words publication in the Gazette. The bracketed text in Clause 1 should be deleted and substituted by the words pu…
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Destination Management Fee Amendment Bill 2026
Grateful, Mr. Chair. In Clause 1, I move that the bracketed text be deleted and substituted by the words publication in the Gazette. I so move, Mr. Chair.
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Destination Management Fee Amendment Bill 2026
Mr. Chair, may I approach?
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Destination Management Fee Amendment Bill 2026
I am grateful, Mr. Chair. I withdraw my motion. Thank you.
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Oral Replies to Questions
Grateful, Mr. Speaker. Yes, all of the questions should be read out, but in terms of those that are for written reply, the Member who has asked the question can agree that the answers would be supplied without necessarily having to read all…
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First (1st) Sitting of the Fifteenth (15th) Meeting of the First Session of the Thirteenth (13th) Legislature · 8 Jan 2026
Committee Stage - Business Licensing Act Amendments (Sections 19A-19H)
That's it.
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Committee Stage - Business Licensing Act Amendments (Sections 19A-19H)
19G. It's in the digital.
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Committee Stage - Business Licensing Act Amendments (Sections 19A-19H)
But if you also look at 19G2, you would see further penalties, a fine of $20,000 or 2 years imprisonment, or $50,000 or 3 years imprisonment if you are convicted of fronting in the Supreme Court. If you're convicted of fronting in the Magis…
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Business Licensing Ordinance - provisions and enforcement against fronting
Yes, Madam Chair.
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Business Licensing Ordinance - provisions and enforcement against fronting
Thank you, Madam Chair. That's a good question raised by the Honourable Leader of the Opposition, and I'll respond to the question raised by the Honourable Deputy Premier at the request of the Honourable Premier. The Honourable Premier has …
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Business Licensing Act - compliance and anti-fronting provisions
Thank you, Madam Chair. I will respond to the question raised by the Honourable Deputy Premier at the request of the Honourable Premier. The Honourable Premier has asked to remind the House that the provisions in this section, 19A to 19H, e…
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Business Licensing Bill - Clause 15 and 16 transitional provisions
Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks to the Honourable Member from Leeward and Long Bay for her question. These provisions provide both savings and transitional provisions for existing licenses. The savings provision recognizes that businesse…
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Clause 15 - savings and transitional provisions
Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks to the Honourable Member from Leeward and Long Bay for her question. These provisions provide both savings and transitional provisions for existing licenses. It recognizes that businesses operating under l…
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Clause 16 - transitional provisions
Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to point out to the Honourable Leader of the Opposition that license fees do change from time to time as they are set in regulations. The starting point is the established license fee, but these fees may be ad…
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Business Licence Bill - Transitional Provisions and Surcharge
Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to point out to the Honourable Leader of the Opposition that from time to time licence fees do change. It's in regulations and so on. The starting point is the established licence fee, but from time to …
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Business Licence Bill - Transitional Provisions and Surcharge
I'm grateful, Madam Chair, and to the Honourable Member from Leeward and Long Bay. That was a great question. To the second question first, these are grandfathering provisions in Clause 16. It recognizes that there are ongoing legitimate bu…
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Business Licence Bill - Transitional Provisions and Surcharge
Excuse me.
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Business Licensing Amendment Bill 2025 - Committee Stage Amendments
Just to explain the motion that the Premier is putting on the floor, the current provision reflects the definition that there must be compliance with the defined fronting provisions set out in the new 2. In the new 2, there are also provisi…
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