Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
In a statement released by the Government this afternoon it has been noted that a very serious incident involving a Jet-Ski in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters occurred yesterday. They add that conflicting reports have been made to them, and close contact has been had with the RGP in assessing the information available. It is also suggested that the facts are in the process of being fully determined and when they are, decisions will be made as to how best to react to the incident.
This is my fifteenth budget debate in this House, my second as a member of the Government.
The GSLP/Liberal Government has now been in office for about a year and a half. We were elected on a platform of change. Our pledge was to transform the way in which Gibraltar was governed and to change it for the better.
The Convent is aware of reports of an incident yesterday evening around 7pm. Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron challenged the unlawful incursion by Guardia Civil vessel Rio Cedena around the Western Beach area and the vessel departed BGTW.