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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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No, you are quite right. You are quite right. —
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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My grandfather was Jim.
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I promise, Mr. Chairman, that I will not take as long as the Honourable Minister.
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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We allocated . . . we ran short last year so we gave him a fifth hour this year, Mr. Chairm an. And you can obviously tell which Shadow Minister was dumb enough to leave the meeting early and get assigned an extra five- hour debate at the end. But the good news, Mr. Chairman, for both you and for …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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—until the horizon.
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, if I could start by taking you please to page B -295 of the Budget Book. And t his is the general overview of the Ministry of Bermuda House of Assembly Home Affairs. And just a couple of quick observations on this overview page before we go to headquarters. This is really just to say that this is …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Between 2021/22 and 2022/23.
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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It is now being maintained for this year and I am just wondering what the difference is between the $972[,000] figure of two years ago and the $1.9 million of last year and this year. Thank you,
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Likewise, in the box below, and I put this question last year but, unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get an answer. There was a marked increase in professional services, which is about half -way down the list of object codes. And we see that the 2021/22 figure was $360,000, and that spiked at $1 million. It has come down a …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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C-21, Mr. Chairman. And that is Ministry of Home Affairs, underneath there you see the Ministry of Home Affairs Headquarters, and y ou see line item 6883, Contribution to Environmental Pr oject (I am assuming). And we see that this was est imated at $30,000 and it went up to $44,000 and it is estimated for this year at $20,000. …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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And I assume, and Minister I am on the issue of the single- use plastics and your 2022 consultation which has been released. And you men-tioned draft legislation, so I am assuming that this is something that we would see in this legislative cycle. And that this legislation will soon be tabled. Still, Mr. C hairman, under Head 93, under …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, feral chickens is another. Yes, and I will come to that in a bit. But let’s s tick with dogs, please, MP Cannonier, before we get to chic kens or rats. Page B -313, and we see the money being allocated for animal control and we see that last year there was a budgeted estimate of $305[,000]. Again, you …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Let me see if I can just find that. Excuse me. [Inaudible interjection]
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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That’s right. Exactly. And here it is; yes, I have it. So, w ith you leave, Mr. Chairman, I am reading from the 2Hansard of last year’s debate, page 809. And you said this, “Other notable projects include a grant from the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee to reinstate a water quality monitoring programme on the Bermuda Platform in January …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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And my question is this. I am told—and I can’t verify this or not —that if you try to report the issue, the conservation office response when a report is made is to say that no one is actually monitoring this at this time. Now, I don’t know if this is correct or incorrect, but that is a concern from …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, I am happy to clarify. What I was pointing out was that in your speech to this Honourable House last year, when you were going through the list of important stakeholders that you felt you should talk to, you included a number of enviro nmental stakeholders. When you gave that same el ement of your brief this year, those …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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May I take a point of clarification, Minister? Hon. Walter H. Roban: Sure.
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Sorry. Just . . . we were at cross purposes, the importance of the stakeholders, environmental stakeholders, wasn’t in the context of BOPP. It was in the context of Planning. The BOPP set of questions was separate. And I think we were at cross purposes. But thank you for your answer on BOPP. And I am sure you answer on …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, I am very happy to clarify. The question had been in relation to the si ngle-use plastics issue and the results that had been released from the 2022 consultation. And my understanding from the Minister was that there was some draft legislation envisaged. And I was just really looking for a timeframe from him on …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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You indicated that it moved to the HQ budget. Hon. Walter H. Roban: Okay.