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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
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And Mr. Speaker , I am going to use what the Honourable Member just said, and Bermuda House of Assembly also another Member, I cannot remember which Member said it before. It is at the funeral where ev erybody tells you how good a person you were. It is when you are in church and you cannot hear what the …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yeah. But the thing is, Mr. Speaker , as the saying goes, Heaven is a won derful place, but I’m in no rush to get there. Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: You ain’t going there. [Laughter and inaudible interjections ]
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. [Inaudible interjections ]
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: Sit down now. [Laughter]
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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No, no. [Laughter]
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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I will try, Mr. Speaker .
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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I will try, Mr. Speaker .
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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My colleague from constit uency 5, the Honourable Member Derrick Burgess, is doing a good job of distracting me. But Mr. Speaker , it is . . . trying to get back on track. Where this Bill talks about . . . and I am going back to where the Honourable Member said we should pick . . . why …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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But that does not mean that somebody who is driving drunk . . . Mr. Speaker , we have all seen the videos that have gone around and circulated on social media about . . . there was an i ndividual on a bike heading from town, went down Front Street, went past Hamilton Princess, headed towards the Spanish Point …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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No, but the thing is— [Inaudible interjection]
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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No, no, no, and Honourable Member s say we will go another way. But if you are drunk, Mr. Speaker , and you get behind [the wheel of] a car, you are not thinking logically anyway. You are going to go bac k to automatic autopilot and go the fastest way home and get caught up in the roadside sobriety …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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So, I mean, Mr. Speaker , it is not fool proof, it is not a fail -safe; all it is here is a deterrent. This is an attempt . . . this is a movement in the right direction because both parties have had this on their platform at some point in time, but only one party is actually bringing …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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But the thing is, Mr. Speaker, this is a step in the right direction, this is something that needs to be done because it has to . . . we have to change the culture. No longer can we continue to go by Quo Fata Ferunt, what the fates may bring, and celebrate when road fatalities go down on their …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you , Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker , first of all I would like to say that I do support this legislation. And I would also like to thank the Minister and his Permanent Secretary for briefing me about the legislation. I had a call with Ms. Aideen Ratteray Pryse last night and she spent a good bit of …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you . “Strict enforcement of drunk driving laws is an essential part of an overall public safety policy. Ho wever, every time an intoxicated driver stumbles during a field sobriety test or a police cruiser pulls over a car swerving wildly across multiple lanes, it signals that somethi ng has already gone horribly wrong. Either those intoxicated drivers simply …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Pardon me? [Inaudible interjection]
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, yes, but I have also been in a situation where . . . I will not drive drunk. And I stayed at the place where I was until I could go home the next day. But I think the funny thing about alcohol is that i t actually tends to give you a false kind of bravado where …
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of information, Mr. Speaker.
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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I just googled “Arbitrade” and the first thing is top stories “Dunkley sees Ar-bitrade ‘red flags’.” The second one —
6 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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I am supporting, providing supporting information to what the Honourable Mem-ber said, and the second one is “Dunkley sees—