Plans to lease land to the 9 Beaches developers for 240 years were stopped in their tracks after Senators raised concerns yesterday.United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley and Independent Walwyn Hughes both questioned the length of time the land at Daniel's Head, Sandys, was being handed over to IRC Sandys.Government Senate leader David Burch agreed to rise and report progress after the pair also pointed to missing documents and flaws with the way the lease was presented to the Upper House.Senator Burch said some of the details would be ironed out before the Senate meets to continue the debate on Wednesday next week; Senators have now received the relevant documents and are expected to approve the lease.The House of Assembly has already passed the lease which smoothes the way for an $80 million project Tourism Minister Patrice Minors says is key to the Island's success as a tourist destination.However, Senator Hughes told The Royal Gazette yesterday: “Everyone wants tourism to prosper and the only way we can get major development is with overseas developers.“From my perspective on the other hand, we have to protect the rights of Bermudians for many generations. This is tantamount to a sale. In older days, it was 99 years; 240 years is ten generations.”Sen Hughes said he also believes the lease is “tenant-centric”, saying it needs to ensure the land can go back to Bermuda if something goes wrong with the deal in the future.He added that documents including an outline of the property and the licence were missing from yesterday's presentation.“It was the sort of lease you wouldn't sign yourself,” he said.The UBP has already complained it was not given enough time to do due diligence on te lease, as it was only tabled in the House three days before MPs debated it.Sen Dunkley told this newspaper: “Obviously I don't want to stymie the growth of Bermuda, but we were asked to make a very important decision.“In all my years in business and working in the community, I can't make a decision if we are rushed into it. I felt we were rushed into this process without having all the information we needed.”Sen Dunkley said there were unanswered questions including how it had been decided Bermuda Land Development Company would get $15 million in rent from IRC Sandys in the first eight years of the deal.He said there was also little information about interest payments of $100,000 which were referred to in the House.It's thought if Sen Burch had not opted to rise and report progress the lease would have passed, as UBP Senator Suzann Roberts-Holshouser was off Island.But a Government spokeswoman said: “Government took on board the concerns of the Opposition and Independent Senators and if they agreed we would rise, report progress, provide them with whatever additional documentation they wished and meet again on December 22.”Both Senators praised Sen Burch's move, with Sen Dunkley saying: “I give Senator Burch all the credit for agreeing with our concerns. It shows in spite of all we hear about the Opposition and Government this system can still work.”