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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to the Minister. Clause 7(2)(a) provides that someone is not qualified for short -term relief benefit provided by the Act if the person is a recipient of Financial Assistance award or subsequent award is provided by Financial Assistance. So just to clarify, if you are alre ady on financial assistance, you may not apply …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Moving to clause 8(b), it says, “ the value of the individual’s investments and assets . . . does . not exceed $5,000. ” So that is a threshold qualifier. It says “other than real property.” And I am just curious. Is that also excluded from standard Financial Assistance? And then thirdly and finally, Mr. Chairman, in this section …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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It is page 5. It is clause 9(2)(c)(v). And it is there that in fact the Minister anticipated the question on the meaning of “domestic violence.” And to be fair to the Minister, that was raised in the debate by my colleague MP Jackson. But could the Minister just give us some assistance on greater clarity as to how, if …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Just to pick up on that answer, the last answer on domestic violence. Does that mean that an applicant would have to establish a pro-tection order in order to qualify there? Or was that not necessary? Thank you. Hon. Tinee Furbert: Thank you for the question. No, that does not mean that they would have to produce a domestic …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Bermuda House of Assembly My question is in clause 23 at page 10 of the Bill. Yes, it is clause 23 in terms of just the regulations.
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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I do not think the regulations are yet available or in existence. But I anticipate that these two questions, which are practical questions, would be covered by the regulations if made and when made. But roughly, could the Minister assist us and assist the public as to what the waiting period is for the benefit in terms of application- to-receipt? …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Minister. Obviously, the Opposition would like to commend the introduction of a national register for the dis-abled when that does come into effect. And also, it is pleasing to hear that consultation has been paid for by the United Nations. It is nice to see someone else picking up the bill rather than …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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New question, thank you.
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Minister, you mentioned during your Statement barriers to those with disabilities and accessibility for all. Could you kindly update this Honourable House on the considerations, your considerations, of building access and where that currently stands? Thank you.
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you for that answer. Mr. Speaker, no further questions. Thank you.
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer congratulations to the charity group, CURB (Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda), who last night held a conference at the Bermuda College with a guest speaker, Ms. Shelly Tochluk, who came from Los Angeles where she is involved in anti -racism and gang activities and promotions out there. She spoke …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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The other place, the President of the other place was also there. And just if I can give a little plug, last night’s event was a sort of taster, an appetiser for the main course. The main course is this Sat-urday at BUEI [Bermuda Underwater Exploration Ins titute] from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. And my understanding is that although …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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It is obviously a little warm in here, as we chased some of our colleagues away. The Honourable and Learned Minister has given a brief brief on this matter. And I am delighted to follow in the footsteps of MP Susan Jackson, who ear-lier today had some words of praise for things being achieved. And I too have some words …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Minister. I have a question in the same vein as the previous MP, but it is a slightly different question. So, given the answer (and I am still on clause 10 of the Bill, on page 8), clause 10(1) provides [that] the Minister may, after consulting with the Board and t he enforcement authority, …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I wish to offer you, as Speaker of this Honourable House, an apology for my remark made on the last sitting of the House. This happened in a context which lowered the decorum of the House, and I apologise for it.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Honourable Minister and Deputy Premier. A couple of questions on this, but it can be dealt with in Committee. But I would just flag a few points. Obviously the odd point is that only two sittings ago we had an amendment in this area, and I am just curious why this …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Minister and Deputy Premier. As prefaced in the debate, there are a couple of high- level questions. If we look at clause 3, I am just really wondering about the practicalities of this. We have a Bill where the coroner and the medical practi-tioner are going to complete a notification and they are going …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In relation to clause 4, Minister, the current position is there as he . . . we were just discussing, there is a Form E, and that is what exists now. And this amendment Act is implementing a new short form, Form F1 which can be seen at clause 6. And my under-standing, Minister, is the …