Mar 05 - 77 Spanish State Vessel Incursions into BGTW This Year
In yesterday’s Commons debate on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton Jim Dobbin questioned Europe Minister David Lidington on the number of incursions by Spanish state vessels in BGTW between December 2013 and now. Minister Lidington stated that there had been a total of 496 incursions throughout 2013, with 9 being carried out in December. This year there has been 77 unlawful incursions as of 28th February. Guardia Civil carried out 53 of these, with two being carried out by the Spanish Navy.
Gibraltar Tourist Board will attend this year’s edition of the international travel trade fair ITB Berlin which is held in the German capital from 5th- 9th March. The ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin) is the world's premier tourism trade fair alongside FITUR and the World Travel Market.
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.
