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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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—bringing that up . . . marriage and looking for a wife. I am doing it, mom, I am looking, you know, I am looking.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But the thing is . . . but getting back to this Bill, Mr. Deputy Speaker , and once again I bring levity to something that is actually very serious because, as the Honourable Member Cole Simon s says, he has lost a family member. Dogs become a member of the family, like my dog has a pe rsonality. [Inaudible …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And no, he . . . and the Ho nourable Member next to me, Wayne Caines, dis agrees. But, you know, I am just . . . these are the di fferent —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Ah, I don’t know. I don’t know, he is —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Yeah, I don’t know how to describe his personality. [Inaudible interjections ] Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. W. Lawrence Scott: But, Mr. Deputy Speaker , the thing is that . . . getting back to the Bill, because I am getting a little bit too sidetracked—
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But getting back to the Bill —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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It is something that I think we need to . . . because I think we have a bad, I will say, pet culture in this country where it is sort of we just let our pets do whatever they want and then complain about other people complaining about our pets. You know? And I think that this is where …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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You get a ticket. You are then made aware of what you have done wrong. Also I do agree with the reporting part of this Bill. My dog, in his day, had to do his job when somebody decided to . . . somebody who was not on my, let us just put it politely, somebody came into my house, …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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She would be on the guest list. The Honourable Member Leah Scott asked what if it’s somebody who wants to get married? Once she passes a background check and t he medical records (given the Minister of Health’s Public Service A nnouncement), you know, recently — [Laughter]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—then she will be put on the guest list. So, you know, she would be invited in. But getting back to the reporting, I think that that is what we need so that, once again, you understand the responsibility — The Deputy Speaker: Mm-hmm.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—that is needed, the r esponsibility that you must have and must take when you are owning a dog. So, once again (and lastly), I just would like to bring back kudos to the Minister for being able to . . . and as the Honourable Member Cole Simons had a lluded to, many a Minister has tried, but our …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of information.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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My colleague did just bring it up and I just let him know that the establishment right there on Harbour Road provides pet insurance, right where Strawberry Hill meets Harbour Road? An Hon. Memb er: Yes.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Right there.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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They do provide pet insurance.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, I usually do not get up to speak because I am not a big speaker or as el oquent as others in this House.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I had to get up to speak tonight because I want to talk about the tabloid politics that happens to politicians. Mr. Speaker, when I opened up the newspaper this week and saw the article about my parliamentary colleague, Michael Scott, it really, really . . . I cannot say it, but it made me really, really angry.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And I do not know if it is because I have also been a victim of a political tabloid exper ience, or if it is because I do not understand how someone’s personal business has to make the front page of the newspaper. I had someone call me and say, Well, you know, Mr. Scott launched a court case. And …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Nobody. So, why must this man be [on the front page]? And it upset me so much that I had to write something about it. And I sent it to Trevor [Lindsay] at TNN News because e very single one of us in this House step up to serve this country. I may not agree with my colleagues on the …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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In my situation, Mr. Speaker —