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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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No objection, Mr. Chairman.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
24 words
No objection, Mr. Chairman. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Mr. Chairman, I move that the Bill be reported to the House as printed.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
5 words
No objection, Mr. Chairman. [Pause]
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
29 words
Minister, do you want to approve the Schedule to the legislation? Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Ah . . . yes, I move that the Schedule be approved.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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No objection. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: It appears it might be just you and I at the mome nt, MP Scott.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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I guess you’re happy. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Well, thank you very much for all of your support. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: No. No. No. You have got silent support right now.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
4 words
No objection, Mr. Chairman.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
4 words
No objection, Mr. Chairman.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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No objections.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
5 words
Point of clarification, Mr. Speaker.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
24 words
Mr. Speaker, my honourable colleague did get up and say the “previous” Member who spoke. The previous Member who spoke, the previous Member —
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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The “previous” Member would have been MP Swan.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, please, Mr. Speaker.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not going to be long. But I just wanted to address the fact that I understand that these are financial times that are unprecedented, and I appreciate that we have a cash crisis that we need to address. So, Mr. Speaker, I think we all work to pen-sion off . I know …
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
4 words
I didn’t hear him.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Okay. I will come back to my honourable colleague on that. That w as information that was given to me, so I will get that information and r evert back to him, if that is okay.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay. Thank you. So, Mr. Speaker, my honourable colleague, MP Famous, stated that we are the first MPs to take pay cuts in the Caribbean. And just to clarify, in Aruba, the Ministers and their advisors and MPs will take a 20 per cent salary pay cut, and other public servants are taking a 12.5 per cent pay cut. And …
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, Honourable Member, I appreciate the clarity and your point is taken. So, there are other juri sdictions that are taking pay cuts. And as I said, these are unprecedented times and we have to share the sacrifice. So that is all I wanted to say, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as my other two colleagues have spoken we are ac tually trying to survive two deadly viruses: one is corona and the other is racism.
5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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The world has found that they are tired. I know I am tired. And like MP Ming, I have watched that George Floyd video repeatedly. I have colleagues who have said that they cannot watch it. But I watch it because I cannot believe that somebody can be so inhumane. And I watch as that man leaves his knee on …