The House of Assembly is expected to debate a report on violence in Bermuda during its next session, according to Government MP Randy Horton.Mr Horton, who chaired the Joint Select Committee on violent crime and gun violence, told an audience at the Warwick Workman’s Club last Thursday that he expected the report to be debated soon after the House resumes in November.“Our work was merely a beginning in the move to eradicate this extremely disturbing behaviour in the community,” Mr Horton said.“We hope that as a result of our work, we will stimulate more focus from government on the issues, together with the private sector, to bring about the solutions that are necessary.”The bipartisan committee was set up in July last year to discuss how the Island could tackle the growing problem of gang violence. A total of 47 presentations were made to the committee, 37 of which were open to the public.Mr Horton said that the speakers showed the issue of violence had its roots in many of the Island’s social problems, such as the breakdown of the family structure, racial tension, economic disparity and education.The former Education Minister said: “When I was first made Minister the first report I had, I remember how embarrassing it was just 50 percent of our students were graduating.“As a result I commissioned the Hopkins report, and those recommendations are being implemented, although not fast enough in my personal opinion.”He said he didn’t want to discuss the report’s findings in detail until after it has been debated in the House of Assembly, but that the report supported gang mediation, anti-gang legislation targeting criminal activity rather than gang membership and improved interaction between Government agencies and social service providers.“We have a lot of people out there doing good things but are not connected enough,” he said. “A man goes from one place to another and they don’t know what happened in the place he came from.”PLP MP Dale Butler hosted the meeting, which was attended by fellow PLP backbencher and member of the Joint Select Committee Ashfield DeVent. Defence Attorney Larry Scott was also announced to speak, but was unable to attend due to prior commitments.