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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House as to how many unemployed Bermudians have been hired and in which categories since the categories have been closed in his initiative? Thank you.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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No. Third question, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Will the Honourable Minister please provide this Honourable House with the results of the impact study on local businesses relating to the implementation or extension of closed categories under his policy?
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Given the Minister’s answer that the Opposition has created an idea of an impact study, does the Honourable Minister consider that there could be an impact study?
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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No, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Thanks to the Minister for his answers.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, given the moment of levity introduced by the Premier, let me follow suit and apologise. When I woke up early this morning, it was a little dark and I was not paying attention. And unfortunately, someone has pointed out to me that I am wearing the wrong colours on my tie. [Laughter]
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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And I would just like to clarify that, were you to permit me to do so, I would take the tie off so as to curry favour with you and with Somerset. [Inaudible interjections and laughter]
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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So, I am for Somerset, and I apologise about the colours on my tie —
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, there is nothing like kissing up to the Speaker before I speak, right? [Laughter]
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, let me also, just for form’s sake, given some earlier comments today in the House, I would like to just disclose an interest, which of course is that, amongst many, many others on this Island who have put a lot of hard work into this Bill, th e law firm where I work was one of those parties. …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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To say that obviously the commencement of the Corporate Income Tax legislation back at Christmas was a mammoth step for this jurisdiction. And we are really in a brave new world. Back then I described it as uncertain terrain. And I am not entirely convinced that the terrain is that much more certain where we stand today. What I would …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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There were a couple of questions that the Premier kindly answered in debate. Now these just a couple . . . there really aren’t that many. So, clause 2, at least in my copy of the Bill, just on the def-initions, “Minister of Finance.” The “of” is missing but maybe it has been picked up by someone. Clause 4(1)(c) —we …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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So, clause 4(1)(c), this is the subsection “reviewing and where appropriate auditing tax returns and ensuring compliance more generally with the CIT Act —
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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I’m sorry. I am at page 4 of the Bill. On my copy it is clause 4(1)(c). Hon. E. David Burt: Clause 4(1)(c).
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. And it commences, “reviewing and where appropriate auditing tax returns and ensuring compliance more generally with the CIT Act and any regulations made under that Act;”. The question in relation to that clause is, Are there any regulations an-ticipat ed? And if so, when are they anticipated? Mr. Chairman, do you want me to just pose the questions I …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, with your leave. Clause 3(6) is the clause in relation to ministerial involvement referring onward to [clause] 5(7). And I just would like to ask the general question, and I think it is a fair question to ask. Why does the Minister of Fi-nance consider the involvement of t he Minister to be so necessary in relation to this …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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No, one more question.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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It is, and I am happy to address that answer. As I said in the debate, the Government very kindly invited all Members of Parliament, including the Honourable Minister who was just on his feet, to a briefing. And in part of that was to see track changes from an earlier draft. So that is why I am referring to …