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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
27 words
Yes. Thank you. Yes, yes. You are right. I think the horse . . . He is not going to get up and gallop away anytime soon.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Mr. Acting Speaker, I would like to actually move on to the Office of the Registrar of Companies [ROC], which is one that is dear to my heart because I have to interact with the Registrar almost on a daily basis. And I guess I am concerned, particularly because if you look at Appendix F of the report, and it …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
114 words
Okay. Fair. Fair enough. And then, these not suffici ent cheques . . . I do not understand how . . . Well, first of all, what is the process in terms of, why do they not have policies and procedures to determine what happens when a cheque comes in? In my office, when a cheque comes in, it is …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Ten seconds?
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
25 words
(Oh man!) So, the report is, you know, I think . . . I commend the effort of the report, Mr. Acting Speaker. [Timer beeps]
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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28 words
But, oh man, I ran out of time. I cannot believe it! But I think that there are still some things that need to be addressed. Thank you.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Point of clarification. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Not a clarification, no. Sorry.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
66 words
The Honourable Member is misleading the House and taking the Member out of context. When he said Parliament is supreme, he is talking about parliamentary privilege, which we are able to raise any issue we deem necessary in Parli ament without fear of reprisal. [Inaudible interjections] Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: No. W ith due respect, Mr. Speaker, he was not …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
10 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
136 words
The Honourable Member is misleading the House. If the Information Commissioner rules that something should be released, and it is privileged i nformation, it does not have to be released because it is considered privileged information. So, jus t because the Information Commissioner rules that something Bermuda House of Assembly should be released does not mean that it has to …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker , I am actually not going to be long. I would like to join in with the comments of my colleagues across the aisle in terms of employers exploiting people and not paying them proper wages. And, you know, Mr. Speaker, it goes not only from the pot washer, but it also goes up to the …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
252 words
At the end of the day, we should all get paid for the work that we do. And I guess the other thing that concerns me is that it is not so m uch . . . while there are businesses around town that are exploiting people and not paying them the wages that they should be paid, there are …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Yes, she is a caregiver, in . . . what is the word?
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, in a very affluent neighbourhood.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
51 words
You know, and it is amazing. She said that she had been at work and her bank stat ement had fallen out of her pocketbook. And her employer looked at her bank statement and questioned her about the amount of money that she had. How come you have so much money?
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
157 words
How dare she! But you know what? She is not the only one that has experienced that. And her employer is not the only person who thinks that. And I do not know how we shift the mind- set. I do not know how we change it, but it has been going on for an extremely long time. But that …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
231 words
Mr. Speaker, now on Tuesday I attended, or Wednesday, I think it might have been. Was it Wednesday? HSBC produced the Bermuda Business Confidence survey —results reveal. And the news that they revealed actually was not very good. But the report did say that it is not . . . it is more directional than it is statistical. But if …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
21 words
It is the Bermuda Business Conf idence Index 2019 Summary report. I can send it to you, if y ou want.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
298 words
Okay, I will send it to you. So, basically, there is not any good news in the report, which is fine. I think that, you know, [for] the past couple of years we have not had a lot of good news with all of the things that have just been being imposed upon us. But one of the things that …