This is what the six MPs who spoke during the licensing debate had to say.

Opposition Whip John Barritt said: "May I say to honourable member who just spoke and who speaks as a junior person for labour that I listened very carefully to what he had to say. I want to say to the honourable minister that to date the representations have not been of the same tenure and the approach that was given here on the floor of the house.

"I just want to remind you that there is scepticism outside in the community. It's my hope that there will be a change. You would regard that as a relatively simple. It came back in July of 2009 that even though people had three years to do that and if I may quote from a statement that was given by the minister who speaks for this, Minister Burch said Government once again seeks the cooperation of license holders.

"It's not as easy as we said at the time of the legislation but there were the introduction of new terms under than act that said Bermudians would require new licenses when they purchased with the help of a non-Bermudian.

"We're coming up on the deadline when applications have to be in. There's a real concern that this is going to cause problems. It's really draconian here so it's not something that can be taken lightly and I'm not suggesting that anybody here is.

"In light of this representations, there will be some scepticism. But we're going to embrace them nonetheless. It causes many Bermudians anger. What was their mistake? They married a non-Bermudian and a lot of us have made that mistake.

"I certainly didn't marry my wife thinking we can purchase a house in Bermuda. I was in love. The point I'm trying to make is when Bermuda marry non-Bermudians, they're looking to build families. There are marriages of convenience. But you don't use that surely as a reason to punish everyone else.

"It needs to be done on a case-by-case basis. Prior to this act, Bermudians married to non-Bermudians might well have purchased more than one property."

But Mr. Roban suggested homes were bought for profit of money or love.

Mr. Barritt continued: "The act while will get on top of the fronting situation has threw up hard cases, bad cases and cases that have come to light. Now I am not suggesting that you repeal the law. We're only asking for a review.

"Bermudians married to non-Bermudians with Bermudian children. What's so wrong with that? What's so bad about that. That's why a lot of people have difficulty understanding. We have called for this review so that there might be some change so that we can mitigate what wasn't intended."

Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Mark Pettingill said: "The only thing that I would say in regard to this is that I appreciate the concerns with fronting and non-Bermudians getting around purchasing homes without licences. We speak of it on one end with regard to protecting the rights of Bermudians buying properties and then we talk about selling fractionals.

"If the matter is as I understand, it's continuing to be under review. If all of the i's haven't been dotted and the t's haven't been crossed. If a consensus hasn't been reached and there's a review proceeding, i don't see any difficulty that's going to arise. I don't see any difficulty with extending the period of time if in fact that is the case."

Independent MP Darius Tucker said: "I just have one or two concerns about this particular item and one is how many people are we directly impacting with this as it being an inconvenience or being treated unjustly. It's cause for concern when those things do take place when we have Bermudians who have been unjustly treated. It's an issue that's very tricky and has obviously created issue in this country."

Works and Engineering Minister Derrick Burgess said: "The thing is what is mandated is that non-Bermudians shouldn't own more than 2,000 acres of our 6,000 acres. No other country in the world where you have 37 percent of your acres is owned by non-Bermudians.

"This bill doesn't prohibit the spouse of a Bermuda to not own property. Now if the non-Bermudian and that Bermudian spouse are able to buy two and three houses, we don't have the luxury of many acres. We have not to have something for our children and grandchildren.

"The registration period is because of the fronting. Now you heard the junior minister is considering some amendments and I think because even if that spouse is not on the deed, by the law says if they participating and helping, they could be buying food.

"I think that could be cleaned up and I think that's where the Minister could be. I think it should stay where it is with some minor changes. It; s for the fronting. Remember that it's a maximum number that non-Bermudians should own."

Opposition Leader Kim Swan said: "We hope this Government would take this motion in that spirit. It's causing a great deal of discomfort for many families. I wonder just where we would be had it not been for us not having non-Bermudian spouses freshen up our gene pools. Even the lawyers themselves are very concerned as to how this will impact them."

But Mr. Burgess stood up on a point of order and said lawyers had been consulted.

"The Bar has been consulted. They didn't bring these points up. There's no hardship on families", he added.

Mr. Swan continued: "The proof of the pudding will be evident as many persons are having to consult with lawyers. What we're asking that in the spirit of the last speaker is to consider the extension of the amnesty period to allow for these questions to be put to bed and for these many Bermudians who are married for all the right reasons of raising a family or not and indeed habitat together and making a good family, we would ask for the Government to act in this regard.

At the end of the motion, Mr. Moniz said: "I just want to make clear a few things that when the original legislation was passed there was concerns for the Bermudan. I think at this time, written submissions have been made. I urge the members of this house to vote for this motion to extend the amnesty period."