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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to the Honourable Minister of Finance for that presentation. And I echo his thanks to all the support teams who put together the Bill. I have very little to say on the Bill. The amendment is to the 1969 primary Act. Really, it does three substantive points. And the Premier has taken us through …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Listen, you know, I can admit when someone gets it right. Well done! [Inaudible interjections]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you. [Inaudible interjection]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Toot. Exactly. [Inaudible interjections]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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A choir of Christmas trumpets on behalf of the BMA. [Laughter]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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So that is one. Two, the waiver or reduction for the innovation hub. That is self -explanatory. There is an opportunity either for an exemption or a reduction. I have one question in Committee when we get there. And then the third substantive thing it is doing is to revise certain fees payable and the Premier has already informed this …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I think I have broken my microphone. There you go, Mr. Chairman. Yes, two quick questions. [Inaudible interjections]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Goodness me. I think I’ve struck a nerve. I was actually commending the BMA for their diligence. Just two quick questions and these may sound like blindingly obvious questions. The answers to them both, I think, is yes, but someone might have to come look at this afterwards and try and figure out what it means. So, the question first …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when I do not have the pleasure of your company in this Honourable House, I spend it in the courtrooms. And for over 25 years as a civil litigator, one of my areas of focus and expertise has been employment and labour and discrimination law. So, this is a topic with which I am …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And I would like to start by saying this: The notion of a social safety net for those who lose their jobs is undoubtably a good thing in a civilised so-ciety. It is undoubtably a good thing in a civilised society. And I hear Neville Tyrrell, MP, in the back congrat-ulating me on that remark. And I am grateful to …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Constituency 26; my apologies. [Inaudible interjection and laughter]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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The question, Mr. Speaker . . . Ah, he is leading the witness, is he not? [Laughter]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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The question, Mr. Speaker, is always one of balance. And the political point that has been made by speakers before me is, Why is it so nec-essary to focus on extending severance right now if, as we are told, the economy is doing supposedly so well? The mor e robustly practical point of the point I would make is, Should …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is imputing improper motive, which is improper.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there have been some long and very powerful speeches before me, and I agree with al-most everything that has been said in this Chamber about this very, very sad issue on our Island. And therefore I just wish to add three sort of overarching points in relation to this report. Firstly, I would like …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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—where it sets out a list of issues: family breakdown, exposure to violence, substance abuse, mental health issues, peer pressure, lack of educational and employment opportunities. If anyone on this Island thinks that those all are not factors to the problem we are facing, please come talk to me because I would like to seek to persuade you that you …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to be associated with the remarks in relation to the passing of Senator Robinson. And I am sure all of my colleagues on this side of the aisle would like to be associated as well. It was a spectacular send- off yesterday for those who were present. I cannot recall, Mr. Speaker, if …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, I leave it to you. It is in your hands, Mr. Speaker.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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In your hands, Mr. Speaker. I would also like to be associated with the remarks for the Arruda family for their tragic loss that touched so many people on this Island. And hopefully [that] is not the way this Island is going. Again, we would like to be associated with Premier’s remarks about the passing of Peter Green. He was …