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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary. And in terms of the licensing connection . . . Sorry. I will wait until the Minister is ready. (Sorry, Minister. When you are ready. Second supplementary on the last question, so you are almost done.) But in terms of the abandoned vehicles, are you finding there is an increase of these vehicles being unlicensed vehicles rather than …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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That answered the question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Minister.
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Good evening, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to my honourable colleague, Craig Cannonier, for allowing me a little bit of time. I have three very quick questions. One really was for you, Mr. Chairman, and I think MP Cannonier covered it. When we were addressing the figures for Governor and Staff, the Budget Book did not gel with the Premier’s …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Correct. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. That is all I have.
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, yes, thank you very much. Given the hour and the length of the day already, I also probably will not have any questions in Commit-tee, so I will just speak in the general debate. I do have a few observations and remarks. Let me start by noting that you have indicated that the two Bills will be dealt …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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KPMG was engaged to undertake an independent analysis which included an assess-ment of the ROC’s (that is the Registrar of Companies) projected revenues and operating expenditure as well as a jurisdictional comparison which culminated in a determination of the recommended fees. One could be forgiven from reading that sentence to come to a con-clusion that perhaps KPMG actually recommended the …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I will respond to that, Mr. Speaker, that one man’s fees are another man’s taxes. I will also, because it is International Women’s Day, say that the other way which is one woman’s fees are [another] woman’s taxes . [Inaudible interjections]
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I am getting some chirping, so obviously I have touched a nerve. But there we are. Now, let me move to the painful point, Mr. Speaker, the painful point . . . and the painful point as the Premier has acknowledged, whether these are new fees or new taxes, or whether these are not new at all and are merely …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, thank you. As the Minister of Finance and Premier wishes to go to the Budget Book, we can go to the Budget Book because it is curious the point he makes. In relation to the Registrar of Companies he is effectively saying it is a two- year cost. And that is interesting because if you compare the …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I am going to just stick with the Premier’s own words which are these, and I quote, “ The introduction of these regulatory fees ,” (the introduction of these regulatory fees) “ is expected to add approximately $6 million to the public purse each year. ” Those are his words. So I don’t need to go further to $10 [mil-lion]. …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Right, “the introduction” . . . these are the Premier’s words. The introduction of these regulatory fees is expected to add approximately $6 million to the public purse each year. So obviously these are charges on business and these are charges on all busi-ness. And these are charges on local companies. And when you have additional charges, fees, taxes (call …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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And this is local business . . . I hear some chirping from the Honourable MP for constituency 29 and no doubt he will have his time.
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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He will have his time if he wants. So there we are. [Inaudible interjections]
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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So there we are. If the Government wants to increase the cost of doing business, don’t be surprised if business reacts. That is the point. Now, if I could just go to the Bills themselves, two very short points. First of all, the Honourable Premier has explained that the first of the Bills effectively confers the power and the second …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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So with that last point, I will take my seat. I hear more interpolation, and obviously the Premier has the right to . . . He is saying it is not true. It is retrospective. [Inaudible interjections]
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, listen, again I am being interrupted, Mr. Speaker . It is set to be retrospective. [Inaudible interjections]
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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No doubt, if it is not retrospective to the 9 th of February, we can hear why from the Premier. Thank you, Mr. Speaker .
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Premier is firstly misleading the House and secondly imputing an improper motive. We are standing here today, in this House, passing two pieces of legislation. Today is the 8 th of March. Because of certain things that have been signed off on, this will have retrospective effect back to the 9th of February. That is retrospective taxation. That …
6 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think we have 15 minutes left.