Speeches by Scott Pearman, MP

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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No supplementary. Thank you.

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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No third question.

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you. And thank y ou, Honourable Minister, for your Statement. It is good to see Bermuda deploying electric buses. And I note that the Honourable Minister thanked the previous Minister of Transport for his efforts in getting these on our roads. Minister, roughly how old ar e the oldest diesel buses that are still on the road? I know …

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you. I was not looking for specifics —

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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I was not looking for specifics. Could you assist with how many, roughly, diesel buses are left? Do you have that number? Or abouts? [Inaudible interjection]

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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It is a different question, to my learned friend behind me. Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: So, we have 103 buses right now, 30 [are] electric. I suggest that you can subtract that and figure out how many are diesel.

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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That I can do. Thank you, Honourable Minister.

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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And what is the lifespan, roughly, of a diesel bus? Is it about 25 years?

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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Second question.

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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So, when you give the figures of the cost of the buses, in order to compare apples to apples rather than apples to oranges, we should adjust the numbers based upon the competing lifespan of 12 years for an electric bus versus 25 for a diesel bus, yes? [Inaudible interjections ]

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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I believe we have buses on the road from 2000.

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. My question is, If we are comparing appl es to apples, then we need to adjust the numbers that you gave in your Statement. Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: We are really comparing apples to oranges because one is electric, one is di esel.

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you. I think we are agreeing. Third quest ion?

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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I know that my Honourable Mi nister, he likes his maths. In terms of the new buses, there are 30, and you have ordered another 40, which takes us to 70. But you provided only for 60 electric bays to charge the 70 buses. Is that a space constraint?

3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you. No supplementary. [Inaudible i nterjections and laughter ]

9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Honourable Premier, your Government has delayed the provision of casino licences since you took power in 2017. Does the Honourable Premier know an actual date when a casino wil l finally be opened in Bermuda? Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Deputy Speaker, the Honourable Member should retract his question because the Honourable and Learned Member …

9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you. The question was, Does the Honourable Premier know an actual date when a casino will finally be open in Bermuda?

9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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It is the same one twice.

9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly

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It is a supplementary.