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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

2524
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24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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5 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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8 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker. [ Inaudible interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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28 words
The Honourable Member Scott Pearman is misleading the House. When the OBA came in, it was $1.4 billion. When the OBA left, it was $2.515 billion. [Crosstalk ]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
10 words
I would like to make a 30minute contribution, Mr. Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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63 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is no secret that I am a big Marvel and DC and comic book fanatic. And one of the reasons why I am such a fan of the comic books’ multiverses is because of the fact that every character has a backstory. And in order to be able to understand the backstory or …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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—of the different characters, to understand what is going on fully, you have to go back and follow that arc all the way back to their origin story because . . . and it is called an arc, for those that are not comic book aficionados, like myself, because the back story is not linear. It rises. It falls. And …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And so then, the thing is, is that if you look at September 2017, the country’s debt is now $2.515 billion, and that does not include the $213 million guarantee that they made for Morgan’s Point. So now we are looking . . . And that is just a quarter —almost a quarter —of a billion dollars in one decision. …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, what really offends me are the nine words that the Royal Gazette used to characteri se that statement. And the nine words are that “He minced no words in laying out some facts.” So, Mr. Speaker, I decided to follow the arc of Mr. Arthur Wightman. And I was interested in Mr. Whitman . . . Wightman, who …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I will continue because I was just getting to the good part where I laid down some facts. Mr. Speaker, in 2022 alone under the PLP, GDP grew from 3.4 per cent to 3.9 per cent. In 2022 under the PLP 402 jobs were created. In 2022 under the PLP international business creat ed 203 jobs with 119 …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And this is despite being taken off trac k, despite the OBA , which is the gift that keeps on giving with Morgan’s Point. They gave us the gift of the MRG. And, Mr. Speaker — [Inaudible interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I want to shift gears and go to 2 Timothy 2:15. [Inaudibl e interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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“Study to she w thyself a pproved unto God , a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And what I mean by that, Mr. Speaker, is for those persons who are hearing the voice and the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart . . . [inaudible interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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189 words
Do your own research b ecause the Royal Gazette, PwC, and nor the words of the Chamber of C ommerce are our prayer book. And when you follow the arc or the backstory of some of the people and headlines that are put in front of you, you will quickly reali se that they are not printing information or data …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am well aware of the adage that there are certain— and you might have lived through some of this —tha t there are certain individuals in our society that always have to be twice as good as others — [Inaudible interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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—to earn or garner half of the respect. [Inaudible interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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42 words
And I am feeling t hat today in this House, Mr. Speaker, because the numbers and the data are clear that our track record year for year — and in my days as a DJ dub for dub— [Laughter and inaudible interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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72 words
—is that year for year —four years —under this current PLP administration vers us four years under the OBA administration you got twice the better performance from the PLP. But yet the OBA wanted to take you into the minutia, Oh , let’s look at this one year. Oh, let’s then blame COVID. Oh, then let’s say you are not …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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64 words
Right? We have done the work , and we have proven ourselves time and time again. And although the OBA say they want to work with u s, when given the opportunity by the Minister of Labour and Economy, they turned it town. Oh, we did not want to respond because . . . and then insert [an] excuse from …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Some of them say they did not get the message. Others said We got it, but we ignored it. So, Mr. Speaker, once again I am going to r epeat that you have had a growth in GDP of 3.4 [per cent] to 3.9 per cent. You have had 402 new jobs cr eated, while under the OBA you had …