Assembly's Motion to Adjourn on Friday night.

Pembroke East Central MP Mr. David Allen called Works and Engineering Minister the Hon. Clarence Terceira's response to claims that composting across from Victor Scott School was causing awful smells, flies and roaches, "arrogant''.

Stressing that the claims came from residents who have had to put up with problems from Pembroke Dump for many years, Mr. Allen said for the Minister to call such claims "utter nonsense'' was "complete contempt of the people and an insult to their intelligence''.

"These are people who have lived in the area for years and have to live with the problem 24 hours a day,'' he said. "They should know better than Dr.

Terceira what the problems are.

"The people of my constituency are tired of being a dumping ground for Bermuda. None of the residents of the area were surveyed, consulted or contacted for their feelings about it.'' Mr. Allen said banana trees are being dumped on the old Bishop Spencer field, facing Victor Scott, and this is causing flies to come around. He said the dumping of cardboard boxes is also bringing roaches.

He again questioned why Government would choose that site for composting. And he urged Dr. Terceira to get in touch with the people in the area and "address their concern, instead of giving a knee-jerking, high-handed attitude''.

Shadow Health Minister and Pembroke East MP Mr. Nelson Bascome stressed that Government could not dismiss the dump issue or pass it off as "cheap political trick'' by the PLP.

He said the problem, as the height of garbage at the dump showed, has been growing for years.

He said by 1994, when the incinerator is expected to be completed and the dump converted to a park, the dump will be far beyond the 50-foot mark.

"Can you imagine the amount of composting needed to fill that area -- all in front of Victor Scott's gate,'' he said referring to Government using the northeast section of the Bishop Spencer field for composting.

Mr. Bascome also asked Government to consider the "considerable damage'' that could be caused to water lens below the dump.

He said an alternative dumping programme must be found until the incinerator is ready.

Dr. Terceira was not in the House at the time to respond.

Mr. Bascome also said he received a letter from an incarcerated sex offender informing him that he has not been able to receive any psychological counselling.

Social Services Minister the Hon. Quinton Edness said while he was not familiar with the matter, he would look into after obtaining a copy of the letter.

Mr. Edness conceded that there is no treatment programme in Bermuda for sexual offenders.

He said Government was looking at developing a programme, with training assistance for counsellors coming from Canada.

But Mr. Edness said there are psychiatrists, attached to the prison or St.

Brendan's, who when asked see prisoners on a regular basis. He said he was surprised that the prisoner has been asking for counselling and had not received any.

Mr. Julian Hall (PLP) said it was "very frightening'' to hear Mr. Edness say there was no treatment programme for sex offenders.

He noted that in the Throne Speech, it was stated "while Government remains committed to substantial sentences for serious offenders, it will seek to place greater emphasis on correction rather than incarceration, wherever possible''.

He said Government could not have it both ways.

He also stressed that any "real'' changes that are going to come about in the criminal justice system must "penetrate the judiciary and other areas''.

Mr. Reginald Burrows (PLP) questioned whether or not psychological counselling was successful with sex offenders anywhere.

He noted that in the US an electronic device was used to monitor a released sex offender. The device was attached to the person, he said, so if he was committing an offence, he could be located.

Mr. Burrows also expressed concern about Government's new one-a-week trash collection scheme.

He said while he believed recycling was a wonderful idea, he has received "numerous'' calls from his constituents and could not support once-a-week pick-up.

Sandys North MP Mr. Eugene Cox (PLP) referred to an article in Friday's Bermuda Sun where it was reported that eight families will have to vacate their Dockyard homes next year in light of plans to provide housing for prison officers.

"We do not expect any of these persons mentioned in this article to be victimised,'' he warned. "If it is done, we will expose it.'' Mr. Cox, who represents the Dockyard and Boaz Island area, also said in canvassing he discovered a number of vacant houses, while a number of constituents have been told there is a shortage of housing.

He urged the Bermuda Housing Corporation to make vacancies known to the public.

Noting that many people living in the Boaz Island and Dockyard area have to suffer inadequate bus service and "half-hearted'' repairs to their homes, Mr.

Cox also asked those responsible to take these things into consideration.

Mr. Edness, as Housing Minister, said he had not seen the Bermuda Sun article.

But, he said, if the houses were under the care of the Housing Corporation, he could assure Mr. Cox that the Corporation would make amends and there would be no reprisals to those tenants.

He also said rents in the two areas were still below the market costs.

While praising the new look of the Education Ministry's bulletin, Shadow Education Minister Miss Jennifer Smith (PLP) said she was bothered by news that restructuring "will take many years to implement fully''.

"I know there are many parents who are looking forward to 1995,'' Miss Smith said, referring to September, 1995, when Government's major education reforms were scheduled to be fully implemented.

Miss Smith asked Education Minister the Hon. Gerald Simons to explain the statement.

She also questioned how the Ministry could say that parents of Primary Seven students will have a "choice'' in the interim measure of transferring their children to high schools.

She noted that an article in The Royal Gazette earlier this month it was stated that the entrance exam for Berkeley Institute or Warwick Academy will target the top Primary Seven students.

This information came from a key official in the Education Department who asked not to be identified.

"So 75 percent of the children will have no choice,'' Miss Smith said.

And she noted that some students will not get into their first choice of neighbourhoods schools because these might be full, so they will be placed at the second nearest school.

"It appears that already the plans are falling down,'' she said.

She also asked how the cost of mailing the bulletin -- which now has a distribution of 6,000 -- compares to the Ministry giving the same information in a Press conference or in a Press release.

Stressing the need to keep the community, particularly parents, informed, Mr.

Simons said his Ministry has to use the media as well as other devices.

He said cost of producing the bulletin will be minimal and it will be distributed in the mail without a postal fee.

Mr. Simons also stressed that every parent of Primary Seven students will have a choice in where their children attend high school.

He said the statement that the admission exam to Berkeley and Warwick Academy will be pitched at the top 25 percent of students is "totally untrue''.

He said while the exam will "certainly be a rigorous exam, it has never been targeted at such a rigorous percentage''.

Referring to restructuring taking many years, Mr. Simons said "the new school programme will be phased in one year at a time, starting with middle school year level one.

He said "we're looking forward to implementing this system, starting in 1995''.

Mr. Eugene Blakeney (PLP) condemned attacks by Mr. Harry Viera (Ind.) on the civil service and said Ministers should defend it in the House. He said during the US presidential election he had been in the Caribbean, where it had been widely known that the Bermuda Government was rooting for Bush. If such reports reached Clinton, dealing with the new President might be difficult, he said.

He called on Government to be neutral in future.

Shadow Youth Minister Mr. Dennis Lister (PLP) said the Police bike clampdown could have helped enforce anti-authority feelings in young people.

Shadow Works Minister Mr. Walter Roberts (PLP) attacked the way Dr. Terceira's Ministry had sent out letters to landowners asking them to keep hedges from growing over roadsides. Owners were not addressed by name, he said.

And he blasted the privatisation of part of the garbage collection system, which he said had not been discussed by the House. Who had given authority for it, he asked. "It seems the Minister wants to get out of the garbage collection business.'' Collecting trash once a week was a bad idea, and Bermuda had been lucky since the new scheme was introduced because there had been no hard rain or unusually high winds, and it was not summer.

Mr. Roberts said under the new scheme, if there was a public holiday on a collection day, residents would have to wait two weeks - an "inordinate time'' - and vermin would be encouraged.

Delegated Affairs Minister the Hon. Sir John Sharpe praised Government's economic policy compared to that of the outgoing US administration. "Bermuda is probably in better shape that any country in the rest of the world economically because the Government has been paying attention to the people.'' On the Police bike clampdown, he said most of the confiscated cycles were returned in a couple of days. He said only half of stolen cycles were recovered, illustrating the seriousness of the problem.

He did not think the Police action was illegal, as had been claimed. "They have a right under the Road Traffic Act to stop anyone.'' The number of offences discovered had confirmed Police suspicions.

Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan announced: " I would like to extend an apology to the people of Pembroke East and Pembroke East Central if composting is affecting their daily lives.'' Sir John said he was very concerned if people were suffering. "I will tomorrow be making a journey to that area to take a very hard look at it,'' he added.

He accused the PLP of being inconsistent. "You can tell that there might be an election in the air,'' he said. "There are some people who will sell their souls for power. They will do anything.'' Taunted by PLP members over the amount being spent on the incinerator, he said that if Opposition MPs had not participated in the "hijacking'' of the project, causing it to be delayed, Pembroke residents would now be enjoying a park on the site of the dump. Replying to Mr. Roberts, he defended the letters sent out to householders about cutting hedges on their properties. Government had warned of cuts in spending, he said, and rather than cut civil service jobs, it was in some cases better to put a burden on the public.

"When revenues are reduced you have to reduce your expenses.'' He also defended the part-privatisation of garbage collection, saying the new scheme was an opportunity to cut Government costs. There was nothing wrong in encouraging private enterprise.

To Opposition jeers, he continued: "When you weigh Bermuda against any country in the world, Bermuda stands on its own. We have been able to minimise the fall-out from the recession and balance our current account.''