Speeches by Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Let me see. 742 4 March 2019 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Page C -18, C -18, Member, is Grants and Contributions for the Ministry of Transport and Tourism.

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Right. But I do not see—

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Okay. So, what I do not see is the number for the Bermuda Event Authority.

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So, I am asking whether or not, because it is not in here . . . does it necessarily mean that there is not going to be a grant allocated for it at some point? [Inaudible interjection]

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You did not; I know. Okay. [Inaudible interjections]

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Okay. Thank you. So, Mr. Chairman, on page B -196, under Grants and Contributions, last year there was a grant to the Bermuda Hospitality Institute. And because Grants and Contributions is an aggregate number, will they be receiving a grant this year? The Visitor Services Centres also got a grant under last year’s budget. Is that included in this aggregate …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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I am just looking for . . . I am not sure whether this would come under communications. In the grant for last year, there was a commitment to strategise on previous spending to maintain the m omentum of the tourism comeback. So, I do not know whether that w ould fall under communications . . . or advertising and …

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Okay, so page B -196.

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Under Training, the line item is Training.

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I am not sure whether these would come under Training. But there was a certified waiter/server programme in 2018. Do they still have Bermuda House of Assembly that programme, and if there is that programme, is that number included in the Training budget? And again, page B -196, again under Training, there was the Tourism Ambassadors Programme. We had tourism …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Yes, under Tourism, page B -196, under T raining. As I said, I am not sure what specific line item that would come under. I would think that it is Training. Do they have that programme, and is it still in existence? What were the results of the previous programme? And I think that is all of the questions that …

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Thank you. Hon. Zane. J. S. De Silva: I am s ure that my brother is not listening. But if he were, I am sure he would a ppreciate that. A couple of questions were asked. Let us see. Let us see what I have here. Let us go through my notes. Visitor Services grant, there was a question about …

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Okay. Hon. Zane. J. S. De Silva: I am optimistic that, hopefully, in terms of budgeting, we will save maybe be-tween $50,000 and $100,000, which will be poured into the training of people who want to go into the i ndustry. [Pause]

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Certified waiter. Hon. Zane. J. S. De Silva: Yes. I am just looking. Give me a second, if you do not mind, Mr. Chairman, just to look through some of my notes. 746 4 March 2019 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly [Pause] Hon. Zane. J. S. De Silva: The Honourable Member Dunkley asked about the triathlon and how …

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just on page B -196, and I believe this probably will go under advertising and promotion. I know that the majority of the tourism investment dollars were spent in the markets for New York and Boston. But it was indicated that other jurisdictions will be targeted as considering Bermuda as a destination. And one of those …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Point of order, Mr. Chai rman. Point of order.

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Yes. The Honourable Member is misleading the House. And as the Chairman of the Airport Authority, w ho overseas Skyport and over750 4 March 2019 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly seas the project agreement, under the project agreement it is Skyport’s responsibility to attract and incentivise airlift into the country. If Skyport does not do that and does …

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Point of order, Mr. Chai rman. Point of order.

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The Honourable Member is misleading the House yet again. The Government has put up money when they should not have had to in order to make sure that the country does not fail. And that means that we have to support Skyport. We are in negotiations. We are working very closely with Skyport, as closely as we possibly can, with …

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Mr. Chairman, on page B- 196, under the Revenue Summary, in last year’s budget, 2017, there was a line item for vacation rentals. And there is not one here for 2018. Has that moved somewhere else? And then, I have another question. Out of the total budget allocation to the BTA, in 2017, there were $3.1 million used for product …