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.
Following the unlawful incursion into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters on Friday of last week, by Spanish oceanographic survey vessel Emma Bardan accompanied by three Guardia Civil vessels Rio Tormes, Bernesga and Cedena, a Foreign Office Spokesperson insisted, ‘the survey and GC vessels were monitored throughout during both incidents and warned by Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron’.
The Environmental Safety Group is to meet with Conservative MEP Ashley Fox during his visit to Gibraltar this week. The group’s legal adviser, David Dumas QC from Hassan’s International Law Firm, will also be present at the meeting. They will brief Mr. Fox and bring him up to date on the current environmental situation in the Bay so he can address these important issues more effectively in Brussels on the group’s behalf.
The Gibraltar Police Authority today launched its annual questionnaire that aims to ascertain the views of those living and working in Gibraltar on how Gibraltar is policed. The Authority is required in law to draw up and publish an Annual Policing Plan for Gibraltar, which sets out the targets and priorities for policing. Before doing so, the Authority consults the public. The survey launched today follows the same successful methodology as was introduced in 2011.