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 response to the Government’s latest statement on Credit Finance Company Ltd, a GSD statement has today noted that ‘it is so absurd, that it only needs to be stated to be rejected outright. Credit Finance Co Limited is not a bank nor is it managed at arms length from the Government. The Moneylenders Act creates a licensing regime in respect of money lending where the licensing authority is the Chief Minister himself and Credit Finance Co Limited is not regulated by the FSC or any independent regulator.
Shortly after midnight yesterday evening, RGP officers arrested a local man on suspicion of being in possession of a commercial quantity of tobacco, dangerous driving and for failing to stop when signalled by a police officer.
In two separate cases this week, RGP Officers of both the Criminal Investigation Department and the Serious Crime Unit have arrested three local men and a locally resident British national on accounts of suspicion of theft, false accounting and fraud.
The first instance saw both a 34-year-old local man arrested on suspicion of theft and false accounting, following the theft of approximately £16,000 from the Government of Gibraltar. A 27-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of Handling Stolen Goods. Both men were released on bail pending further inquiries.
The Government has issued the following statement on a recent amendment passed in Parliament:
A major amendment to the Medical and Health Act 1997 was passed in Parliament last week. Until then, the law only provided mechanisms for registration and control of key players in the health sector such as doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists. There was however, a very large vacuum when it came to the allied health professions. As the law stood until last week, practitioners of these professions (which includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Chiropodists, Dieticians and Osteopaths) were outside the regulatory framework.
In response to the Government’s latest statement on Credit Finance Company Ltd, a GSD statement has today noted that ‘it is so absurd, that it only needs to be stated to be rejected outright. Credit Finance Co Limited is not a bank nor is it managed at arms length from the Government. The Moneylenders Act creates a licensing regime in respect of money lending where the licensing authority is the Chief Minister himself and Credit Finance Co Limited is not regulated by the FSC or any independent regulator. 
Shortly after midnight yesterday evening, RGP officers arrested a local man on suspicion of being in possession of a commercial quantity of tobacco, dangerous driving and for failing to stop when signalled by a police officer.
The Government has issued the following statement on a recent amendment passed in Parliament:
