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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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Therefore, I think that this Bill goes in the right direction to focus on the owner, make sure that owners provide a responsible habitat for the dog. Right? I assume people are joking with me when they say that I spoil my dog. I have erected two houses in my backyard for my dog— one faces north, one faces south— …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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No, but the thing is — [ Inaudible interjection] Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. W. Lawrence Scott: But, no, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the thing is . . . and I bring this up to bring levity to a serious situation so that people are listening. I am trying to do it in a creative way . But the thing is …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you. But then also, Mr. Deputy Speaker , I have my . . . just like other Members during the last Bill, and I am not reflecting on a debate. But I too have my property on Airbnb. So to give you an idea of the balance that happens, I will go by to go feed my dog who …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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While also not being too p unitive. All right? So, with that said (I am just going to go through my notes), I think that, for me, I would have liked to have seen maybe . . . and I understand why because I have spoken to the Minister and there is a manpower issue where i t goes a …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—for the bye -election.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And I will not tell them that you jumped behind me, but that is okay.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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When we were walking down this lane and there was a Rhodesian ridgeback, and for those Members that are out there that do not know what a Rhodesian ridgeback is, it was bred to hunt and kill lions. So it is a huge dog. All right? And then there was also a Germ an shepherd. And we were walking down …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But, no —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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No. And I just jest. But the thing is when you turned around —and both myself and the Deputy turned around —and we saw these two huge dogs running towards us and there was nothing stopping them but invisible fencing, that gave . . . there is a—
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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An unsettling feeling. And the thing is . . . and I bring that up because there is a clause in the Act that says if a dog causes you to feel fear that that could be seen as an infringement on the dog, on the owner and whatnot. And I just want to make sure that that is sort …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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You did not feel fear? Okay. Well, no, because you started praying. 2412 15 June 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly [Laughter]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, so you . . . that is where your comfort came from. It came from above, Mr. Deputy Speaker . And I just had a clipboard. So that was all I had to protect me. [Inaudible interjection]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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I do, I have the Lord in my heart.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But the thing is, Mr. Deputy Speaker , that what I really want to stress is . . . and, once again, everybody in this Chamber knows that I like repetition. Repetition is the best form of indoctr ination—
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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So I will repeat again that this Bill goes to promote better dog management. Yes. For those that are getting into having a dog it is like having a child, as far as I know from what I have heard.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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I hear that dogs are like eternal two- year olds.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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So my dog is just forever in the terrible twos. But the thing is that there is so much that goes into it. So when you see somebody like m yself and my colleague that sits to my right, the Honourable Minister Wayne Caines, who also is a very good dog trainer an d breeder, we make owning a dog …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But that is coming from my colleagues. That is an aside. Sorry, that is what just took me off track there. [Crosstalk ]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But I am focusing, I am f ocusing—
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Well, no, my mother and my father both listen intently and so . . . and that is why you keep hearing me bring up marriage and looking for a w ife because my mother is —