Speeches by Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Okay. Hon. Walter H. Roban: But certainly, if the Honour able Member reviews the draft as it is tabled, I will happily receive questions as she may want and ensure that they are answere d.

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Yes, yes. Thank you.

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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No, thank you.

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to offer condolences to the family of Ronita Teye- Botchway on the death of her husband, Leonard Teye- Botchway. Leonard and Ronita are friends of mine, and they were also a client of mine. And the funeral was a fantastic display of what Dr. Teye- Botchway had done for …

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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The whole house. [Timer beeps ]

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Okay. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I would also like to offer condolences to the family of Kevin Lambert on the passing of his sister, Karen Dawn (Lambert) Greene, which was a real tragedy. And I offer my condolences to her husband, David, and to their two children. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. [Deputy ] Speaker . I do not really have much to say that is not going to add to what has already been said. I only want to raise the issue of why the fathers only get five days paid leave and the mothers get 12 w eeks —because I think that the fathers are just as …

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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—which is quite a switch. However, I think — [Laughter]

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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I think it is a good piece of legisl ation. I support it. Again, I just kind of echo my col-league’s sentiments in that we have to be careful in this economic climate t o ensure that while we are tr ying to do a good thing an unintended consequence results from it. But other than that, I totally support …

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank y ou, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, usually I just consider these pieces of legislation to be housekeeping and just say I don’t have any comment. But I actually did a little bit of research. And it is interesting, because we take Bermuda for granted in a lot of ways and this is another area where we actually …

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Constituency 30.

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Madam Chairman, actually, we have no o bjections, so if the Minister just wants to sail on through (no pun intended) then we can go ahead. [Laughter ]

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, we support this legisl ation. I appreciate that there is a need for economic stimulus in this country; however, I must say that this legislation does have the potential to be a very sli ppery slope. And if I can ask for your indulgence, Mr. Deputy Speaker —

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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—I would like to play something. May I have your indulgence?

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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Mm-hmm. May I have your indu lgence?

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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It is like two seconds.

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Do you know what that is? [Crosstalk ]

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All right. For those of you who do not know — [Laughter ]

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You are probably too young, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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That is called “go- go” music. Gogo music is — [Inaudible interjections ]