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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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There is a goal here— Hon. Zane J. S. De S ilva: I could point -of-order on that one. I could do a point of order, please, if you don’t mind. 1474 2 June 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Acting Speaker: What is your point of order, Member? POINT OF ORDER [Misleading] Hon. Zane J. S. …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, the expression, Madam Acting Speaker, better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and confirm it. But there we are.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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We are trying to make, Madam Acting Speaker, to— Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Point of order! P oint of order!
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Acting Speaker, I do so gladly, and thank you for the direction.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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The point I was seeking to make, and indeed the Honourable Deputy Premier, Walter Roban, made it before me, is that both sides of the aisle do care. In fact, all 36 of us would not be in this room if we did not care. And the suggestion from any MP to another MP that they don’t care is simply …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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I am happy to clarify. Point of clarification.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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My point was that when MP Caines was commenting on what MP Richardson had said, he had the wrong end of the stick. He had misunderstood the comments by MP Richardson. That’s my point, plain and simple. Thank you.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Supplementary?
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. What was the date of that request? When was the rationale put into effect? Thank you.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary. Can the Pr emier assist? Roughly, I mean, what year are we talking about?
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Grateful for the commitment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I thank the Honourable and Learned Minister for her presentation today and her Statement to this House on Bermuda’s financial sanctions response to Russia’s unprovoked attack on t he Ukraine. My first question arises from page 4 of her Statement. She identified that there would be general licences issued in the UK and set out …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Supplementary? The Spe aker: Yes, supplementary. SUPPLEMENTARIES
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. When the Honourable and Learned Minister was identifying the various grounds for the granting of general licences at the top of page 5, one of the reasons given was to align the UK’s approach closely with the approach of its allies. My supplementary is, Is the harmonisation by the UK a softening of the UK’s position or a hardening …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Second supplementary.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Also, right there at the top of page 5 of the Statement, the Minister said the sanction forum also provided participants information regarding potential general licences that may be considered in future. Keeping it at a ver y high level, Minister, what sort of general licences might potentially be granted in the fu-ture that differ from the ones …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Moving then to my second question. Yes, thank you.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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And this arises at page 2 of your Statement where you indicated that the forum was looking into how licences are being used and understanding the various legal structures. Are you aware of 1368 19 May 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly any misuse of licences or occurrences of misuse of licences that have been granted for Bermuda? …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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No supplementary. My third question, please, Mr. Speaker.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. And this is at page 11 of your Statement, please, Honourable and Learned Minister, where you refer to the frozen assets totalling . . . and I believe these to be Bermuda frozen assets totalling over $219 million of frozen assets. Again, keeping the question at a very high level, I do not need specifics, but could you give …