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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary. Given the considerable sum that has been frozen, and my compliments on $219 million of Russian assets being frozen, does the Honourable Minister figure that that really is the l ump of it that would be present or related to Bermuda? Or does the Honourable Minister feel that there are more assets out there that might still be …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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No supplementaries. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thanks to the Honourable Minister.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, su pplementary.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Is the Honourable Minister considering an extension of the pipe off the South Shore?
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary, yes.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you for that answer, Honourable Minister. Has the potential extension of the pipe . . . is that something that has been costed? And if it has, do you know the cost?
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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No, thank you.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks to the Honourable Minister of Finance for his presentation today on this Bill. The thing that I am focused in on here with this Bill is the elem ent of enhancing the oversight by the Bermuda Monetary Authority on digital asset service providers and businesses, and specifically, clause 7. It is page 3 of …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Clause 7. And clause 7 is where we see the addition of conditions. And if you refer back to the principal Act, which is the 2018 Act, those are the powers of the BMA, the regulatory powers. Now, we know from this amending Act that there is going to be an additional power from the BMA to impose conditions. That …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, and thanks to the Shadow Minister for allowing me a further quick question and ahead of his. Just staying on that point on conditions, is it envisaged? It is clause 7, it is the same question as before in relation to the same clauses before. I am just following up. And that is, Are there any anticipated conditions …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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And good afternoon to the Honourable and Learned Minister, Madam Attorney General who is in the Chambers today to present these Rules. I suppose I should welcome this. It is cause for celebration because, to be fair, I have been banging on about this since I joined this House in 2018. By “this,” I mean the fact that our increases …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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And I am glad for the intervention by the Honourable Deputy Premier. Perhaps he will speak to these Rules when the opportunity is afford ed to him. It is right that other jurisdictions have fees that exceed the fees here. And it is right that there was a common consensus that this amount could be in-creased after consultation with judges, …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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I am afraid that the Honourable Attorney General is misleading the House. I do not sit silent. I have said this repeatedly in each and every Budget Debate in Parliament and I have called repeat-edly, indeed, in the media as well for this change. In-deed, submissions were also made in the consultation. Thank you.
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to the Honourable House, and I thank the Honourable Minister for his Statement to the House today on the Coast Guard. In the Statement the Honourable Minister said that the aim is to build a first -class Coast Guard. An d I think that is a statement that most if not all would …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary, I believe, yes.
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Minister, for that helpful answer. In terms of the upgrading function in order to patrol the waters, and I think the Minister has just given Bermuda House of Ass embly an i ndication of the 12- mile zone, is it the current intention or potential future intention that that will be expanded beyond the 12- mile zone out …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, second question. Still on the same theme here. So, if something happens in our territorial waters but beyond 12 miles, but within the 200- mile radius, how is that search- and-rescue function for vessels dealt with by our Coast Guard, or do they pass it on? How does that work?
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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No, thank you.