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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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203 words
—if I had to critique, I b elieve that they could be higher to be more of a deterrent. But I applaud the increases in the fines because now how do you pass on a $100,000 fine? How do you sneak that into a client’s bill, into a client’s i nvoice? But also there is jail time on a summary …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Well, y es, I do have. And I will discuss that. I do have a dog as well —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—but that is not —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—I do not anticipate a debate, Mr. Speaker , I do not want to anticipate a debate. But Mr. Speaker , I believe that we are going in the right direction. And the fact that . . . and I want to stress once again, because this is something I have to stress in the media, that there are a …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker . The Spe aker: Yes.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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For those that do not know . . . and I will give you a little bit of history, I am a dog lover. I have to give my . . . and I do have a dog m yself, I have a Doberman, which is one of the dangerous breed dogs. And I origin ally got my dog with …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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So, at least to the future Mrs. Scott—wherever you may be—I can take care of another life, so . . . [Inaudible interjection]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But the thing is that the reason I bring up a dog being somewhat equivalent . . . not . . . I am saying equivalent to a child. It is a r esponsibility. And there are a lot of people out there that get a dog because they like the novelty of having a dog. And dogs are a …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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If he does not he will be corrected, Mr. Deputy Speaker . I can just put it that way.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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No, there is no violence. This is correction. In the Bible it says spare the rod, spoil the child so, Mr. Deputy Speaker , I am just ma king sure that is known. But I want to go and also say that when my dog was a puppy . . . I have had my dog since he was six …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—and— [Inaudible interjection]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Well, I know— [Inaudible interjection]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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The reason I say that, Mr. Deputy Speaker , is because I was dating this lovely young lady in university —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Many years ago. And her family was from the Dominican Republic. [ Inaudible interjection]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And— [ Laughter]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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No, no, actually — [ Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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No, she did not leave me. It was . . . I will tell you this. It comes up in the story, Mr. Deputy Speaker. But what ended up happening was that we got serious, and I got to the point where I was to go meet her family. So she came and she met my parents and they liked …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And the reason that I say that is because when her father found out that my f ather w as a politician, all of a sudden he just cast aspersions —I was no good, they were corrupt polit icians, and stuff like that. And the correlation I am building is that you have a few bad politicians out there, but …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—merits, right? Therefore, that is what is happening. And the Honourable Member Wayne Furbert is asking me how does that deal with dogs? I am getting to that, Mr. MP Furbert, all right? And the reason is that this is where Punish the Deed, Not the Breed comes in—
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—because when I say “pit bull” people get . . . if I was to say, There is a p it bull in the Chamber , everyone would look and say, Where is it? But if I said, Oh, there’s a cocker spaniel . . . oh, where’s the cute little dog? All right? And that is the thing, and …