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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Let me put the point again in case I did not. I am sorry. Perhaps I am getting confused between two different heads. I see that at the bottom of page B-95, there is $29.1 million, and we are looking at $26.8 million. And I may have already asked this question. I apologise if I am repeating myself. But what …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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I did it right at the beginning. Thank you. Thank you. Against the background of the need for hiring. The next question is still under Head 25, but now we are turning over to the performance measures. And I just want to go through page B-98, which is the performance measures for the Department of Corrections, continued. And the box …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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—to need. And certainly, around landlord and tenant and employment, I would have thought that that would be a ripe opportunity to make the lawyers of Bermuda give back a bit of time. But I have said enough on that already.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Great ! I am winding up now so we can get the answers from the Honourable Minister. Yes. Two more points just on this h ead. One, in terms of court services, and I would like to just commend the Ministry. For a long time coming, Bermuda has discussed the possibility of an arbitration and mediation centre, and I was …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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What I did not quite catch from the Honourable Junior Minister is whether he said drug testing is going down. If he did, then that might explain why rates are going down. But perhaps if he could just simply remind us what he had said about that and what conclusion he was drawing from that. Thank you, Madam Chair man.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you Madam Chair man and thank you to the Honourable Junior Minister. I believe he did address a number of the questions. I have two I think that are outstanding. One was to try to get a sense of the psychological services being performed on incarcerated people. What are the percentage of sex offender psychological services versus non -sex …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, those two questions. Thank you.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Just to conclude, if the number on the sex offender, non- sex offender, psychological treatment breakdown is to ever . . . a number that is achievable, I would be grateful to hear it at some future point in time.
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. I am afraid the Honourable Member , perhaps unintentionally, has twice stated, incorrectly and falsely, as you can see from the Budget Book , that the OBA doubled the debt. They did not. I believe he has probably picked that up from MP De Silva, who used to also say that false statement.
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is misleading the House in two respects. First of all, he says that AI translates $300 million in debt in 1998 to a billion dollars today. I just tried it. It is actually just $500 [million]. There ! Nice try. Secondly, I did not say that we did not increase the debt. I denied the consistent assertion …
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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Point of order. Madam Deputy Speaker.
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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I am surprised that I need to refer—
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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The p oint of order is that the Honourable Minister is in breach of S tanding Order 19(11)(f) which says this —and he knows or should know : “(f) No Member shall impute improper motives to any Member of the House or indulge in personalities, except on a substantive motion moved for that purpose. ”
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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Therefore, comments as to the motivation of Dr. D eCouto , the Honourable Member , should be withdrawn.
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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Good evening. I have got the last slot there. Mr. Speaker, I do not know if you are a betting man, but it sounds as if the odds on the next PLP Finance Minister just got a little shorter. The speaker before me spoke of balance, and I will try and give this speech with balance. I am also going …
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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Because without them, we would not have this revenue. And yes, for those who say, Oh, the Opposition are doom and gloom, the Opposition can't pay a compliment. I'll pay a compliment. I'll remind the Government that everyone in this Chamber, both sides of this House, all voted for the corporate income tax in December 2023. Including the Opposition. And …
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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You too, Deputy Premier. And I said I would be fair and balanced. So here we are. This is the 2green one. I put the 3red one down. Here's the green one. And again, with your leave, Mr. Speaker. There are two points that I will completely endorse from this green book here. Page 14. “Mr. Speaker, it would be …
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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No, I am all for it. And let me also read from that same page. Again, this is the green book. And balance; I am giving my support here. “These receipts will not be the same every year. ” Entirely true. I am reading from your book. Of course, you already said it. I'm quoting you. I hope you said …
27 Feb 2026 House of Assembly
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I don't think so. I don't think so, sir. That was a nice question from the Honourable Deputy Premier. Page 7, Mr. Speaker. My last point. [Inaudible interjection and laughter ]