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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker . 178 23 November 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Honourable Member is misleading the House because the Minister had it included in her Statement this morning that the hospital was one of those that was reimbursed.
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. [ Chairman]. I just have a couple of questions on section 4, sorry, [clause] 3 which is amending section 4. 188 23 November 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The section 4(b) it was previously seven members and now it is being reduced to six. Is there any particular reason why? I was just thinking, …
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Just asking! And, under the Bermuda Monetary Author ity [BMA] Act, there is a section called “Relations with Government.” The directions that you are giving, will they be written directions? Because in the BMA Act it has to be in writing. If you look at . . . and would you be willing to consider, I guess, s ome of …
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Sorry —
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, [Mr . Chairman]. I am not saying that, . . . why not appoint a Deputy Chairman. I am saying that the mechanism is Official Hansar d Report 23 November 2018 189 Bermuda House of Assembly already in the legislation for a Deputy Chairman to be appointed by the Board. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: The simple …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there has been one time in my life that I have ever seen my father speechless, and that was during a conversation he had with a family friend. They were having a debate about different i ssues. My dad had an answer for every question that person threw at him, until they said, Alex, …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Speaker, the only thing that I have seen that resembles that response that we just heard, were the Brett Kavanaugh hearings— [Laughter]
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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—to the point where there was so much emotion (for no reason), there were so many misconceptions or factual . . . [Inaudible interjection]
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, so many factual inconsistencies, that I was just waiting for the Opposition Leader to pull out a “creepy calendar” to show on what dates the OBA did what they said they did. But, Mr. Speaker, I am not going to spend my time talking about that so- called “Reply,” because there was a . . . and actually, there …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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And as the Premier says, that is work that the former administration should have started. That is work that the former administration should have done. Right? But I digress. The thing is, Mr. Speaker, knowing that this is what needed to be done in order to create a Bermuda, or get us to the destination of a better and fairer …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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And that needs to be r eformed. And that is what this Government is doing, Mr. Speaker. How can we create a fairer Bermuda, how can we create a better Bermuda, if we did not address income inequality? How can we ensure that every Bermudi an has the same opportunity? How can we ensure that every Bermudian has the same …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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As MP Neville Tyrrell from constituency 26, says, every little bit helps. So, Mr. Speaker, on our way, making our way to our destina-tion of a better, fairer, and safer Bermuda, in these few minutes I have been able to show you how the average Berm udian, through this Throne Speech, is able to save money on health insurance, is …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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That is something that we are going to tackle. Official Hansard Report 16 N ovember 2018 51 Bermuda House of Assembly We are going to have it so that consumer pr otections are put in place so if they sell your home, if they sell that asset, you are not liable for anything [else] or any other shortcomings. That is …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Ha! Ho ho! Whoo! [Laughter and inaudible interjections ]
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Oh! [Inaudible interjections]
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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I got a little touched there,
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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I am not getting carried away, Mr. Speaker. I am going where the spirit moves me, Mr. Speaker. [Laughter and inaudible interjections ]
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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And, Mr. Speaker, the Good Book says, Without vision, the people perish. So when you hear us in the PLP say, ‘ We will do this and we are going to do that ,’ that means we have a vision for the future.
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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We have a vision for the people. [Inaudible interjections]
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you. And, Mr. Speaker, the Good Book also asks for members to pray for those in authority over them. So I am asking that Members pray for . . . the Honourable Member Wayne Furbert says, Pray for the OBA. I am actually saying that members of the public pray for their Government, which is comprised of both a …