PLP candidate Lawrence Scott insists he’s all about “customer service rather than politics” as he takes the reins from his father.Mr Scott, 31, has been unveiled as the election candidate in the Warwick South East constituency of former Premier Alex Scott, 71, who is retiring from politics.The new candidate said he had picked up plenty of tips from his father and brought “youthfulness, excitement and energy” to the PLP.Mr Scott said: “You may already know the name Scott, but now I want you to know the name Lawrence William Scott.”He said: “I have a hunger to serve people.“It’s about customer service, not politics. I am here to serve the public and listen to their concerns.”Mr Scott explained that his father had taught him how to reflect on decisions to come up with better solutions and how “the leader is the best follower”.Premier Paula Cox announced Mr Scott as the latest PLP candidate at a press conference on the steps of the Cobb’s Hill Methodist Church in Warwick yesterday.Ms Cox joined Mr Scott behind a podium draped in a PLP flag. Mr Scott was joined by his father and his mother Olga, as well as other relatives and friends.Mr Scott, who is supervisor of airport operations for JetBlue, told the media that Constituency 24 was “not just a number … it’s my life”.He said he could “not remember a time when 24 was not a part of my life” and talked of growing up and visiting family and friends in the constituency.Mr Scott said it was “only fitting that the next leg of my life’s journey” start at the church that he said “gave me so much”.He said: “It goes without saying that I personally know of the challenges faced by the members of the constituency.“It’s my duty to serve these people and represent their issues in Parliament … I will serve with integrity.“I hope the people will continue to lend their support to build one another together.”Mr Scott also spoke of the struggles of “aunt Lois and uncle Freddy” (former PLP leaders Dame Lois Browne-Evans and Frederick Wade), as they built on the foundations of the PLP. He said he had “incorporated many of their moral and ethical views” into his own life.His father, who has served a political career dating back to 1985, was in a jovial mood as he moved to the podium saying he was “unaccustomed to public speaking”.He said his son had already put “the organisational structure in place” and joked that it had taken him about 35 days to do what had taken him 35 years.He also joked that his son had got his mother’s good looks and “from me he got money for school”.He said: “I find this a very humbling experience as the old order that’s me passes and the young one comes into the frame.“The party, Country and constituency are inheriting an energetic young man.”He expressed “a heartfelt thank you” to his constituents and praised the Premier for “bringing together the best and brightest to help the community”.Then when photos were being taken at the end of the press conference and a photographer asked the group to “look excited”, he replied: “I am, I’m getting out”.Mr Scott Sr became an MP, for Warwick East in 1993 and served as Premier between 2003 and 2006.At the last General Election, in 2007, he won a fourth term in the House of Assembly after beating the United Bermuda Party’s Jeff Sousa 518 to 367 votes in Constituency 24.Pastor Eugene Thompson also spoke at the press conference saying it was “truly an honour” to support Mr Scott as his integrity and family values had “a tremendous effect on me”.He said: “The PLP party is growing and stretching its arms out to the young generation of the community.”