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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . I just wanted to be associated with the Premier's condolences to Ja irus Landy. His son, Michael -Jay Landy, is my longest -serving friend. So, we can congratulate him on that. But with Mr. Jai rus Landy, I grew up with him. A little known fact is that he is a published author. That …
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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33 words
The Honourable Member is misleading this House. The Honourable Member is acting as though his Whip did not agree to move forward with the Bill that we are discussing right now. [Inaudible interjections]
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And so, therefore, we are discussing what this whole House has agreed to. [Inaudible interjections] Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, I will continue. But at some point in time, Mr. Speaker, I would ask that we convene a Committee of Standing Orders so that both sides can be educated on what actually constitutes a point of order, Mr. Speaker. …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjections]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is imputing improper motive and misleading the House. He says that nobody in this Chamber needs a $6 cut. We are not speaking for ourselves. We're speaking for the people that we represent. And the people that we represent —and I'm speaking for the people in constituency 24— may not have the same disposable income as those …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now take under consideration the following motion, notice of which was given on the 28 March 2025: WHEREAS the Government had previously established “a Joint Select Committee of both Houses to inquire into and make recommendations arising from September’s cyberattack”, prior to the dissolution of the Legislature in January; AND WHEREAS the …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker Basically this . . . I am not going to talk long. Basically that this is just what I am suggesting is that we reintroduce the Joint Select Committee. We know that in September 2023 Bermuda was one of many nations that was the receiver of a cyberattack. The other nations would be the United States, the …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Correct. Correct, Mr. Speaker , that since the House was in favour of it beforehand, I just wanted to bring that back so we can start back up and get swinging on that again.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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That is it, Mr. Speaker, for me.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I find it interesting some of the comments from the other side, and I feel as though I should share some data on this topic. [Inaudible interjections]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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In 2023, multiple nations were the victim of cyberattacks. And the cyberattacks I am talking about now are the government -focused cyberattacks. The Honourable Members on the other side have spoken to one report that has come out. And, Mr. Speaker, as you notice, I am not using my tablet or my phone for this presentation. [Laughter and inaudible interjections]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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But what I want to say is from the notes that I have done and the time that I have spent —
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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In 2023, around the same time that Bermuda suffered a cyberattack, how many other countries and how many other attacks (let’s put it that way) do you think happened? It is estimated hundreds of thousands of cyberattacks were either at-tempted or successful on government systems in 2023. How many of them have transitioned into concrete resolutions? Dozens to hundreds. So, …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And so, Mr. Speaker, I would love to caution this House that we can either do this quickly or we could do this correctly. 1034 28 May 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly An Hon. Member: Yes! Another Hon. Member: That is right!
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And Mr. Speaker —
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I was raised in a household that said, Haste makes waste.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I understand because I came into politics when we were the Opposition. It is easy on the other side to say what sounds good— [Inaudible interjections]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—and not have to back it up. On this side, when we say we are going to do something, we have to do it —and not just do it to do it but do it to do it correctly. And so, Mr. Speaker, we already have or at least the Secretary for the committee has multiple reports from multiple jurisdictions …