Hon. Randy Dexter Howell

Member · PNP · Blue Hills, Providenciales

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First (1st) Sitting of the Third (3rd) Meeting of the Second Session of the 13th Legislature of Parliament · 24 Sep 2026

Question on commercial Crown land applications submitted before the moratorium

Good afternoon and thank you, Honourable Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with reference to the Government's moratorium on commercial Crown land, which took effect on August 7th, 2026, last month, and the Government's statement that commercial app…

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Question on the Blue Hills Medical Clinic relocation and redevelopment

Thank you once again, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the residents of Electoral District 8, Blue Hills, and surrounding subdivisions depend heavily upon the Blue Hills Medical Clinic for accessible primary healthcare. Given the deteriorated cond…

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Two-minute speech by Hon. Randy Dexter Howell

Good afternoon once again, Mr. Speaker. A pleasant good afternoon to my colleagues here in the House, to the listening public, and especially the wonderful people of District 8, Blue Hills, whom I represent here. Mr. Speaker, I want to conv…

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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 have an intervention.

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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the bill does say that the board may consist of no fewer than, no more than 7 and 9. My question is this, and this is 3 questions in one. Is it that the Board may operate with vacancies? Can one or both …

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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, I believe I understand the Premier on that one, but the follow-up is this: the bill also provides, or it says, that the Permanent Secretary of Finance and the Attorney General, or their nominee, shall attend al…

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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I believe the oath in Clause 8 goes a bit further than confidentiality. It prohibits disclosure of— Clause 9, confidentiality, and Clause 8 now. Yep, the oath in Clause 8, the new Clause 8. Which clause …

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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage

Hold on.

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Mortgage Corporation Amendment Bill 2026 - Committee Stage

Thank you, Madam Chair. What I was referring to earlier was the fact that the oath goes further than just customer confidentiality. It prohibits disclosure of opinions, advice, privileged information, business proceedings, etc. And it got m…

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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

Two Minute Speeches by Members

Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to my colleagues here in this Honourable House, to friends and visitors in the gallery, to the listening public of Turks and Caicos, and a special good morning to the people of Blue Hills, who voted f…

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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

Revised First Supplementary Appropriation Estimate 2026/2027

This committee has convened in order to scrutinize the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026/2027, Bill 2026 Estimates. With me this morning, I will have the members introduce themselves. I am Randy Howell, representing the district of …

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Revised First Supplementary Appropriation Estimate 2026/2027

Thank you, Honourable Leader of the Opposition. To my right.

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Revised First Supplementary Appropriation Estimate 2026/2027

This session is now in order. Before us this afternoon, we have the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Human Services, P.S. Desiree Lewis. Do you have a statement that you would like to open with?

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Revised First Supplementary Appropriation Estimate 2026/2027

Yes, ma'am, please carry on.

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

Thank you, Madam PS. I am sure that the members of the Appropriations Committee do have questions. Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

Carry on, Honourable Leader.

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

Go ahead, Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

You are quite welcome, sir. Madam PS, I notice that, in order to fund the amount you are looking for, works to dump sites seem to be losing funding. Will that be deferred, reappropriated, or will it be back in the future?

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

A supplementary to that question: it says dump sites. Is that one island or across the country, two islands?

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

Miss Lewis.

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

Go ahead, Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

Does that mean, then, that all of the patients who will benefit from this will be confined to a medical facility?

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Supplementary Funding Request for Long-term Care

Madam PS, I think we have exhausted our questioning. Thank you very much. We did not request that you forward a copy of your statement to the House for us. Please do so, and have a pleasant rest of the day.

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Appropriations Committee Scrutiny of the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026

This Committee is suspended for five minutes while we await the representative of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. The Committee is back in session. Before I go further, let us introduce ourselves. I am Randy Howell, Member …

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Appropriations Committee Scrutiny of the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026

To my right.

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Appropriations Committee Scrutiny of the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026

Sitting before us this afternoon is a representative of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. Sir, can you introduce yourself, please?

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Appropriations Committee Scrutiny of the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026

Thank you. We do have some questions for you, sir. We will lead with the Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

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Appropriations Committee Scrutiny of the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026

My question, Mr. Swann, is this: I know you cannot give specifics as to how many vehicles, but how does that affect your current fleet?

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Appropriations Committee Scrutiny of the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026

You do have vehicles on each island that allow you to attend incidents and so forth?

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Appropriations Committee Scrutiny of the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026

Mr. Swann, we want to thank you for appearing before us this afternoon. I know you rushed to get here. Thank you very much for that, and we wish you a pleasant afternoon. We have no more questions, sir.

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Appropriations Committee Scrutiny of the Revised Supplementary Appropriations 2026-2027 Bill 2026

I want to say thank you to the Clerk and Madam Clerk of Parliament, and thank you to Mrs. Josephine Abizzi, the Acting Deputy Budget Director, who represented the Ministry of Finance. This session of the Appropriations Committee scrutinisin…

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Report of the Appropriations Committee on the First Supplementary Appropriations Estimate 2026/2027 and the Revised First Supplementary Appropriations Estimate 2026/2027

Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon to my colleagues here in this Honourable House. Good afternoon to visitors and friends in the gallery, and good afternoon to the listening public from Turks and Caicos. A special good afternoon to…

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Report of the Appropriations Committee on the First Supplementary Appropriations Estimate 2026/2027 and the Revised First Supplementary Appropriations Estimate 2026/2027

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Appropriations Committee met on Friday, 24 July 2026, and today, Thursday, 30 July 2026, to examine the First Supplementary Appropriations Estimate 2026/2027 and the Revised First Supplementary Appro…

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Head of Expenditure 03, Police

Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe that the amount the Leader of the Opposition quoted refers to personnel emoluments savings instead of vehicles.

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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, and good morning to you, my colleagues in this Honourable House, friends and visitors in the gallery, and those listening from across Turks and Caicos by RTC or social media. I also take this opportunity to extend a …

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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

Second.

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