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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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[Page] C -15, yes, cost centre 76689, Energy Rebate. And the Minister actually did talk about this. My question was what the status of the project is. But the allocation was originally $500,000, and it has gone down to $200,000. And I would like to know why. I also know that in providing this sort of income support for our …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Travel? Yes, it has gone from four to ten. And just wondering what that comprises and who is doing the traveling? And is it related to —is it an associated cost with the training? And then, materials and supplies on page B - 325, again under expenditure, has increased from two to nine, and I would like to know why …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes. Yes. Those are my questions for now, Mr. Chairman.
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question regarding the integrated resource plan, and I would assume that it comes under Administration, [cost centre] 99000, on page B - 324. I would just like to know what the update is with the integrated resource plan. I k now that there were some RFPs that were out. And I just want …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Just to ask a question about the Lunch & Learn. How well attended we re they? Only because I attend a lot of “lunch and learns” just in my profession. And I find them to be actually really effective. And so, I want to know how many people attended, and do you think that it had the intended …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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That is a good segue, because I just want to ask you a question. Do we have any additional spectrum inventory? Hon. Walter H. Roban: Thank you for the question. The matters pertaining to the matters of spectrum are with the Regulatory Authority. That is not a matter that the Government deals with directly. So, the management and overseeing of …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you , Mr. Chairman. I do not have any questions, but what I would like to say is thank you, again, to the Minister for the thoroughness of his answers, for his ability to respond to us and not be dismissive. And I think, Mr. Chairman, if I may, they say that behind every great man is a good …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you , Mr. Chairman.
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I support the Minister in his remarks for the civil ser vants and I agree that oftentimes their work and the things that they do are not acknowledged, so thank you. Mr. Chairman, I will start w ith Head 30, Marine and Ports. If we can look at page B -200, Head 30, under Training. …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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[Page] B -200, Head 30, under Training. And you know I am happy that people are being trained so that they are more diligent and eff icient in their jobs, it is just a big increase, so I just would like a further explanation about that. On page B -200, again, on Rentals, it has gone from 2.3 down to …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Okay, okay. I think I— [Inaudible interjection]
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Okay. Thank you. Let us see, again, on page B -200, Head 30, under Other Personnel Costs, that has gone from 70 to 27 . Why the decrease? And my understanding is that there was only one ferry supervisor in Dockyard, Dennis Outerbridge. And apparently, my understan ding is that he was one of Bermuda’s best ambass adors and he …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Head 30, under Other Personnel Costs. I guess that . . . I am not sure whether that is the correct one, but . . . Again, on page B -200, under Repair and Maintenance, I understand that one of the cycle parks up at the Dockyard was turned into a car park. Is there any reason for that? Was …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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For [line item] 8177, Local Crui ses. Again, on page B -200, the Dockyard cradle assists local vessels in their repairs, and consideration was given to making that an official revenue stream. I would like to know whether it has been made an off icial revenue stream, how much revenue was generat-ed from the cradle in 2018/19 and what are …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Okay. All right. So, Transport Control Department, page B - 204, under business unit 3401 and then 44110, Traffic Control. So now that the vehicle safety and emissions programme has moved under the auspices of Government, I believe that they had a staff of 13. And I think that some of them, I guess, were offered jobs with TCD. How …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes, okay. And then I am not sure, this does not fall under a particular head, and I am not sure whether I can even ask this question. So if I am out of line, please let me know. But one of the things that I would like to know is what the status is with Bermudians travelling to Massachusetts. …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Some people buy taxis because . . . there are multiple reasons for people buying taxis. And so as a result we have a disconnected taxi service, and it is doing us a disservice in terms people going out in the evenings and wanting to enjoy themselve s. And I would venture to say that since we have put in …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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It says actual outcome. [Inaudible interjection]
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, okay. So rry. All right. Well, that ends my questions for TCD. And now I will move to [the Department of] Public Transportation [DPT]. Mr. Chairman, th e mission of DPT is to pr ovide safe, affordable, reliable—and I will say that again, reliable —and comfortable public transportation. And I really do hope that this will …
8 Mar 2019 House of Assembly
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On page B -208, under the rev enue summary, estimated revenues were $8.1 million (and that was in 2018/19), and it was subsequently revised to $6.2 million. Why did we not reach the target of $8 million? Did we overestimate it? Or was it due to the multiple cancellations of the bus routes? On page B -208, business unit 3502, …