Nov 15 - Parliament Reform Select Committee Holds Inaugural Meeting
This morning the first meeting of the Parliamentary Reform Select Committee was held.
Chaired by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, the purpose of the Committee is to consider the implementation of appropriate recommendations of the Report produced by the Independent Commission on Democratic and Parliamentary Reform.
Nov 15 - RGP Make Further Tobacco Related Charges
This Wednesday, the RGP arrested a number of individuals on tobacco smuggling related charges. Two Romanian nationals were arrested for possession of 8,800 cigarettes. Both have been bailed out in the sum of £850 to appear at New Mole House Police Station on the 2nd December 2013.
Nov 15 - FCO Welcomes EU Commission’s Frontier Recommendations But Deems Situation ‘Unacceptable’
Regarding this afternoon’s announcement by the European Commission that their fact finding mission found no fault with Spanish border checks, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have welcomed the recommendation that the Spanish Government should take measures to ensure that the frontier functions efficiently, as well as their decision to review the situation once again in six months.
Nov 15 - EU Commission Finds No Fault in Spanish Frontier Checks and Suggests Better Dialogue Between Gibraltar and Spain
Following the European Commission’s fact finding mission at the Gibraltar – Spain Frontier in September, the Commission today announced that letters have been sent to the authorities of Spain and the United Kingdom addressing the issues raised by the border and customs controls between Spain and Gibraltar.
The mission came about as a result of a gamut of complaints received by the Commission on unjust Spanish border controls that have resulted in extensive vehicle and pedestrian queues this year. The Commission reported that they have ‘not found evidence to conclude that the checks on persons and goods as operated by the Spanish authorities at the crossing point of La Línea de la Concepción have infringed the relevant provisions of Union law’.