motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly yesterday with the claim that jobs were passing through the Department of Immigration and going to foreigners -- although there were Bermudians who could do them.

He said this was down to Government's inability to stay on top of the Island's employment situation.

Shadow Health and Social Services Minister Renee Webb voiced a series of complaints from her constituents.

One had complained that Paget Island had been opened to the public but there was a loose Dobermann Pinscher running around accosting people.

There had also been calls for a sidewalk and pedestrian crossing at the corner of Wilkinson Avenue and Blue Hole Hill, she said.

And she echoed Mr. Scott's concerns over Bermudians being denied jobs, particularly in the hotel industry. Lack of work was frustrating people who needed to be developed and employed.

Ms Webb called on Government to make hotels' licences contingent upon them training nationals and putting them in the top positions.

Works & Engineering Minister C.V. (Jim) Woolridge said moves were underway to acquire the land needed at Wilkinson Avenue to put in a sidewalk and pedestrian crossing.

Once work at Frank's Bay concluded, he revealed, work would begin at the Hamilton Parish site. There were a lot of areas the Ministry would like to tackle, he noted, but it lacked the necessary manpower and money.

Shadow Human Affairs Minister Ewart Brown noted there were problems with the work ethics of both Bermudians and foreigners.

But, as far as the Bermudians were concerned, he said, it raised concerns when the Government said it was pumping time and money into the people of the Country but was not getting the results.

He also slammed the creation of the Development & Opportunities Ministry.

The UBP had not created any opportunities for the people in the 360 months they had held power so what did they plan to do in the final three months of their reign, he asked.

Human Affairs, Development & Opportunities Minister Jerome Dill noted that the top positions at the Stonington Beach Hotel were held by Bermudians and told the PLP to take stock of what was happening in the Country before they offended people. Government was making progress and was committed to Bermudianisation, he stressed.

It was also coming to grips with the unemployment problem in Bermuda, he added. Figures showed that there were about 500 Bermudians who were unemployed.

And it intended to come to terms with the problem of underemployment -- where people were employed in jobs they were overqualified for.

Meanwhile the Ministry of Development was also pushing for people to update and improve their skills.

PLP backbencher Derrick Burgess said it was great that the GM of the Stonington was Bermudian. However he added that Government had an opportunity about two years ago to see a Bermudian take the helm of another hotel but they allowed a work permit through which brought in another foreigner.

On the subject of training, Mr. Burgess asked who the understudy was for the Canadian consultant at the training department.

And he noted that it seemed as if the newspapers were reporting break ins guest houses and other visitor residences on a daily basis. This scourge had to be dealt with.

Mr. Burgess also deflected attention on the topic of the Co-Op bankruptcy and asked about Government's arrangements with Halmar, Televest and Sea-Land Construction.

Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Maxwell Burgess said the economy was booming which meant some labour had to be brought in from overseas to assist.

If MPs noted discrepancies in the community pertaining to overseas workers and the issuance of work permits then they should report them to the Immigration Department.

He also revealed his Ministry would be running an ad calling on people to come forward for construction jobs before work permits were issued.

On break-ins, Mr. Burgess warned his colleague to not mislead the public by saying they were happening every day as this was not the case.

It was safe to say, however, that they were being broken into from time to time and the Commissioner of Police planned to step up vigilance.

On training, Mr. Burgess said the Canadian training officer was brought into beef up the training department and identify Bermudians who could be trained to continue the work he began.

PLP backbencher Walter Roberts warned that with the increased construction of office blocks would come more people which meant more vehicles on the road and greater transportation problems.