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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

2524
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2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Sure. My question is that you have taken it down to zero because the projec t will be completed and scheduled to be completed and oper ational in the next few weeks. [Is there any] provision for maintenance once it is completed? Is it just going to be . . . Hon. Walter H. Roban: Yes. Thank you. Thank you …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I—sorry.
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I just have one question. The Minister stated that the cl ean energy sector was going to be —only Bermudians were going to be hired for that. And so my question is, Do we have enough Bermudians who have the education, experience and expertise for that? And if we do not, what opportunities are we making …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thank you, Minister, for your answer. And I have one last question. And I know you are going to look at me cross -eyed, but is there anything that can be done at all to assist in reducing the cost of electric ity in Bermuda?
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I did not know about Tony Brannon’s remark until a little while ago. And to say it is offensive is not even adequate enough, number one. Number two, you know, all of us, or most of us, in this room have at some time or another been to the Big Chill and supported Tony …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Essentially. Benefits from coc kroaches. So our money has value, but we have no value. And he cannot think that this is acceptable. I am sure that he has been told about the backlash, and I do not think that there is anything that he can say that will change his remarks. Oh, you know, I have black friends and …
2 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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And it is unfortunate because he had the Big Chill and he was working with Kassie, I think Lois Browne- Evans’s granddaughter. And I am sure that she would not be impressed with that comment. And I am sure that she would tell her granddaughter to no longer have any association with him, because he does not have her best …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is misleading the House. He is making it seem as though the OBA helped create jobs at the airport when they had no Bermudian clause there. Actually, it was the PLP, under myself at the Airport Authority, that made sure that 65 per cent of all jobs done at the ai rport on the co nstruction were …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker . Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is misleading the House. Prior to myself going down to the Airport A uthority they had no clause in place. We actually had to do an optimisation agreement where we renegotiated certain parts of the project agreement because their team forgot to put certain necessary clauses and sti pulations into the agreement itself. One was th e …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It has been entertaining so far. And, Mr. Depu ty Speaker, I would ask if you know what “trans3180 28 February 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly verse orientation” is, but you and I have already had this conversation so I know you already know . [Laughter]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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However, for those in the listening audience who might not be aware, trans-verse orientation is keeping a fixed angle on a distant source of light for orientation. All right? [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Simply stated, Mr. Deputy Speaker, transverse orientation is what attracts a moth to a flame.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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So regardless of how stupid we think it is to see a moth seemingly voluntarily fly into a fire . . . it is something we find silly, it is som ething we find stupid and nonsensical, but at least it is something that we can explain— which is more than I can say for the former Finance Minister, Bob …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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But Mr. Deputy Speaker —
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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The former Finance Minister. I would love to keep him out of it, but his mistakes are our problems today.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Oh, keep his name out. Sure. Sure. Let me explain. The Honourable Member Gordon- Pamplin has asked repeatedly this afternoon, Well, what did PLP do between 2003 and 2007?
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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And Mr. Deputy Speaker, successive PLP administrations led by Premier Jennifer Smith, Premier Alex Scott, Premier Dr. Ewart Brown, increased air arri vals by 15 per cent. What they also ended up doing, Mr. Deputy Speaker, was that they not [only] created, [they] presided and go verned over Bermuda’s most successful economic period in history.