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 reply to the GSD’s recent statement on the McGrail inquiry, the Government says “no minister, including the Chief Minister, has any power under the Constitution to seek, compel or otherwise influence the removal, retirement or resignation of a Commissioner of Police”.
The Chair of the Gibraltar Group in Parliament Sir Bob Neill MP met the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister at No 6 Convent Place this morning. He was accompanied by UK Representative Dominique Searle.
A British Forces Gibraltar employee is hoping to raise several thousand pounds for charity by completing a number of sporting challenges over the next few months.
Nine Licensed Search Officers (LSOs) were presented with College of Policing recognition awards by Chief of Police, Rob Allen, to mark their completion of five and ten years in the Gibraltar Defence Police Search Team.