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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And we end it at 9:20.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Nine twenty -two!
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I will take the extra two minutes.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And in the spirit of extra time, I want to make sure that the Honourable and Learned Minister has the opportunity to respond to the questions I have.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And I can commend the Honourable and Learned Minister on her stamina. Madam Chairman, the Speaker has indicated that he had rather hoped that these would really focus on the word budget debate, and that it would not merely be questions and answers and questions and answers. And I am going to take him at face value. Obviously, I will …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Absolutely. Yes. And let me start at it at page B -71 of the Budget Book. Just by way of overview for the listening public, very briefly, this is the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Department. Last year the budget was $32.7 million . This was revised slightly downward at the end of the year. And this year the budget is …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. At page 1087 some four years ago I sugges ted this: 1“But I would respectfully suggest that there is an opportunity here for this Ministry to harness this 1 Official Hansard Report , 13 March 2019 544 27 February 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly revenue- generating asset that is the Judicial Depar tment. And let …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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No, no.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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No, I am at page B -95, item 85010. But there was a very serious thing said only a few weeks ago by our Director of Public Prosecutions. And now, again with your leave, Madam Chairman, this is the 11 February edition of the daily. And it says this, I quote, “Bermuda’s top prosecutor yesterday called for increased funding for …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I have actually set my alarm to go off at 9:00 pm, so I sit down and close my mouth at that time and give a full 22 minutes to the Minister.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Still there, I note, and it is still on the same head, again Cri minal Law. I note that the updating of Bermuda’s fraud laws has been on hold since 2017 when the Fraud Act 2017 was not pr ogressed by this House. When I asked the Honourable and Learned Minister two years ago, she said, “The anti-fraud laws are …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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This is page B -95, 85010, Director of Public Prosecutions.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And those are my questions on criminal law, and I am just dealing with these very high-level . . . I am now turning to the Family Courts and this is line item 13010. And the courts themselves, the Civil and Commercial Courts are at 13060.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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[Line item] 13010.
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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It is under the Judiciary . . . let me give you the precise page. It is page B -79. Last year the Attorney General spoke of a summit of backlogged cases and a staggering i ncrease in family cases. Tonight during her brief to this Honourable House, the Attorney General spoke of a 25 per cent increase in (and …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. And thank you, Honourable and Learned Minist er. There was one more question that was not responded to in the previous batch. And that was the bit about the 25 per cent increase in child cases in 2022. I was not sure if I had misheard you, and it was a certain type of child cases, …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Chairman. Just to follow up on the backlog point. And I am grateful for the confirmation that this is not in the Magistrates’ Court; it is only in the Supreme Court. How does the Honourable and Learned Minister envisage that backlog being cleared in terms of man and woman power and timeframe? And again, let me try and …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman, I will venture my luck on one more. Last year when you were discussing the LST, which is the Life Skills Training, and the counselling for students in rel ation to drug issues, there were 40 students participating in the programme. This year you told this Honourable House this evening that there were 80. Is that …
27 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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When you referenced constit utional reform, you picked your words very carefully and you said that we should expect a, quote, “fit for purpose constitutional model.” I am just curious what exactly that means in your view? Hon. Kathy Lynn Simmons: That matter will be shared with the Cabinet before it is shared with the Member. Thank you.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.