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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Supplementary? Thank you.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Still sticking with the question of how, I think we can probably agree that the plan and the proposal by the former Minister (who is in the Chamber) in relation to Bishop Spencer was a plan and solution on a much different scale than what happened eventua lly with the Salvation Army. And I am just wondering, is that …
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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It can actually be a second question or supplementary.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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It is on this notion of emergency housing, and this was something that came up—
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Second question.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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This is something that came up in the wake of the recent hurricane. And the Honourable Minister would be aware that Senator Robin Tucker of the OBA raised the issue of the government homeless shelter being closed for the hurricane. And the Honourable Mini ster of Works and Engineering (I see sits in the House in Chambers this [afternoon]) responded …
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary. So, I am not looking backwards. We had the answer from the Minister. He said that he acted as he did in accordance with existing policy. My question is, Are you going to revisit the policy and consider amending it? Because it did seem that the policy was inadequate in the circumstances.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Neither. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Honourable Minister.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to give condolences both personally and on behalf of the One Bermuda Alliance on the passing of Eugene Thelbert “Vic” Ball who was the father of OBA candidate Vic Ball. I went to Mr. Ball, Sr.’s funeral and I was delighted to see that not onl y were there representatives of the One …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I would. Thank you.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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I am mindful that the Honourable Premier has indicated that he has to go to a funeral for the Dismont family so I will keep my comments very quick a nd just add to what some of the primary speakers have said. Mr. Speaker, I rise because notwithstanding that Cup Match is coming, we were being slightly silly about this …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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I am very pleased, very pleased to learn from the Premier that the actuarial report is coming. He said it wil l be tabled next session. But by that he means not the next sitting of the House — Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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I welcome that clarification.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Obviously, both the Bermudian public and this House in particular would greatly benefit from as much information as possible, and as soon as possible because this is a very serious issue. And I was merely going to say that when the Premier indicated that something would be tabled next session, he of course meant the next Parliamentary session and not …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to take longer if the Premier keeps interrupting me, but if he wants to get to his funeral I will try and be quick. Well, let’s be factual then. Let’s be factual. When the Premier addressed this House in the opening of this Order about the pension fund, he did not actually say how much …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Firstly, there is no . . . I’m sorry. The Premier did not indicate the shortfall in the pension fund which we know from the Auditor General’s report, as quoted by the Opposition Leader to be in the region of $3 billion. So there is money —a $3 billion — Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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—shortfall in our pension fund. Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order, Mr. Speaker. The Speaker: Point of order. POINT OF ORDER [Misleading] Hon. E. David Burt: The Honourable Member is misleading the House again. I went through this at length in my Statement. When the person talks about . . . the Honourable Member talks about shortfall. These have …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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A pension fund, Mr. Speaker, is an obligation to meet promises to people when they reach the ability to take those promises. It is a promise to pay a certain amount of money to a certain fixed amount of people at certain fixed dates when they fall due. So, yes, we know what it will cost to pay the pensioners …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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And let me try and break this down with an easy example. [Inaudible interjection]
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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I will give an example. And I have been asked by the Honourable MP for constituency 26 to give an example, so I will. So here is an example: My credit card bill that I have to pay off is $15,000. Yes, next week I will still be working and I will have a salary and so I will have …