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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Sorry, it is 104080. I want Rev enue, sorry. [Inaudible interjection]
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, okay. On page B -80 under the Concierge Services, I know that the BDA used to offer a concierge service and I would like to know more details about what that would entail. Does it mean like meeting people at the airport? Does it help them with picking out schools for their kids? What level of concierge service is …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Previously, the estimate was $165,000 and now it is down to $150,000, and I would like to know why that changes there. And under 104080, Tech Awareness . . . sorry, on the same page B -79, 104080, Tech Awareness and Development, that was $131,000 and now it has gone to $132,000 and why has that changed? And, again, on …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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So, could I just give you a point of information in terms of the BDA?
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you. The BDA actually does do that. I do not know if they do it officially, but they have done it for clients that we have had coming in. And so that is why I was . . . and the question is not limited to just the BDA, the question is . . . okay, all right, thank …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Sorry. Hon. E. David Burt: That is right. Get her in line, get her in line. [Laughter] Hon. E. David B urt: Anyhow, there was a question about who is responsible for training and education. Right now, the training and education components, which are being handled right now, are currently being handled under the FinTech Business Unit. And a lot …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, but could I have . . . could we delay it for two minutes? 3260 2 March 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Yes, you w ould like to suspend . . . do you have questions? Okay. I now recognise the Shadow Minister of Finance, the Honourable Patricia Gordon- Pamplin. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to the Minister for his brief and recognising that we actually do need to continue to grow our tourism product. The BTA, in my opinion, has done an excellent job in being able to do that. I want to start with Priority Objectives on page B-200, Support the delivery of an air services deve …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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On page B -202 the Transport ation Planning Team. The Transportation Planning Team last year, I believe, was tasked with implementing a revised plan for traffic coordination of taxis and minibuses and public buses going to Horseshoe [Bay Beach]. Was that plan established and implemented? And, if it was, has it been successful? We were in last year’s budget also …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Make sure you get run flats. That is it. I cannot think of . . . I do not think I have any more questions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I do not have any more questions.
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I just wanted to provide some information for the Honourable Member Gordon-Pamplin who asked the question about air service development. What was happening before was DAO (D epartment of Airport Operations) actually controlled or was responsible for air service development at the time. In the transition between DAO and Skyport the same person, which would be A aron Adderley . …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I do have four questions that remain unanswered. One was what the sports strat egy is going to be which was identified in the budget for last year. The World Triathlon Series finishes in 2021. And I know we have the PGA, but what other things are we working on, and what are we …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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The question was that the Transportation team was supposed to implement a revised plan. So the existing plan was revised. Was it r evised? And it was being revised in terms of coordinating the taxis, minibuses and public buses, so was it revised? And has the revision enabled the coordination of those vehicles to be more successful? And if it …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thank you, Minister for your brief, whic h, as usual, answers more of my questions than I can ask. I am going to start with page B -328 and 8901, 99000, Administration. Since the duty has been elim inated from the importing of electric cars, has there been an uptake in people purchasing electric c ars? …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Who? [Inaudible interjection]
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Oh, okay. So then you have not had a successful education campaign because I only know CAL. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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So I would like to know what kind of outreach has been done and where that falls as a line item in th is budget. I know that we have been working with overseas partners to ensure that Bermuda is more competitive in the satellite space. Is the cost for that also contained under the line item for Professional Services? …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Sorry. That is page C -16, under Energy, 76889. I support the creation of the energy sandboxes and I look forward to hearing more about that, as well as the National Space Strategy. I would be interested in hearing more detail as to how it is anticipated that this will generate revenue. And is it anticipated that Bermuda could become …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I just had one more question on page C -8, under Energy, line item 75344, the Solar . . . Photo — Hon. Walter H. Roban: Photovoltaic, PV.
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay. PV, Solar PV. My question is, I see that it has gone down to zero because the project is going to be completed in the next couple of weeks. But there is no allowance for any maintenance of the solar PV? Or will there not be any maintenance required? [Pause]