Mar 05 - Not Enough is Being Done by UK Government – Picardo Addresses Foreign Affairs Committee
In an abnormal meeting of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee, held in the Garrison Library this morning, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo highlighted the ‘excellent relationship’ shared between his Government and that of the UK. Answering questions from the panel, which could lead to a report on the issues being published, the Chief Minister said that results have shown that not enough is being done by the UK Government with regards to the Spain dispute, with frontier queues aas bad as ever. He spoke objectively on the matter, insisting that pedestrian queues in February had reached 90 minute waiting times.
A relatively low uptake of the invitation to register for the GRA’s ‘Opt-Out Register’ has resulted in the authority once again calling on individuals to consider whether they would benefit from appearing on the register.
From 0630hrs the 04/03/2014 to 0630hrs the 05/03/2014
Responding to the Opposition’s statement on the Government cutting down trees to accommodate a habitat for Barbary Partridges to be sent from Morocco, the Government has insisted that full consultation was made with all parties, and the programme was embarked upon as part of the Government's ongoing attempt to conserve the Barbary partridge population on the Rock.
