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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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And let me say this.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Let me say this, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to hear that the Government is, apparently, according to what the Premier has told this Honourable House, making progress in pension reform, because we welcome that. And we need to have it. And both the Government and the Opposition and former govern-ments and future governments are going to be held accountable …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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And we realise . . . I hear the chirping coming from behind me.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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And I would just like to say this —
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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When they say, What are you talking about? There is no problem . . . if there is no problem, why is the PLP Government progressing pension reform? The answer, Mr. Speaker, to my question is that they are progressing pension reform because it is much needed. Because otherwise there will be people there who will have the handout that …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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He is laughing in this Honourable House at the suggestion— [Inaudible interjections]
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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—that pension reform be dealt with—
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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—in an honourable way. —
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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—because . . . I will tell you this. When pension reform is addressed, if it is addressed with any degree of seriousness, it is going to require all of us to persuade the Bermudian public that this reform is necessary because it is not going to be welcomed. [Inaudible interjection]
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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That reform is not going to be welcomed because you have to find the shortfall —the $3 billion shortfall —somewhere. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Because it did not exist. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Okay. Unfunded from the very beginning. Why is that? Maybe rocket science law-yer over there, the Honourable Member, might be able to tell us.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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The Premier, perhaps inadvertently, is misleading the House. The Opposition Leader said expressly that we were supporting this. Thank you, very much. Hon. E. David Burt: I am happy that this is now confirmed, Mr. Speaker, because anyone listening who did not hear that would have been completely lost. But here is the thing. Their statements ––despite the fact that …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thanks to the Minister. There is a saying that when lawyers tell you not to give them money, it is worth listening. I think it is important for our laws to be clear. Right? Because mem-bers of the public should be able to read something and understand it without having to go give money …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to the listening public.
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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And thank you, Minister, for your Statement today on the new contract awarded for CCTV to Digicel. My first question is, you have said that there will be a $4 million contract for Digicel, but I am curious: Who will actually provide the monitoring services from the control room? Will that be Digicel or will that be the police, or …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. Supplementary. Do you anticipate any increase in the number of people required to monitor it, given that there are going to be more cameras now?
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Second question, please, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Minister. You said that it is going to be built upon the current system. What aspects of the current CCTV system will remain, if any?
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, a supplementary. So the cameras that are there now will remain? Or they will be taken down and replaced by the new cameras? Hon. Michael A. Weeks: The cameras will be replaced, Mr. Speaker.