European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels earlier today.
The full text of the Deputy Chief Minister's Budget 2014 Speech is as follows:
Mr Speaker, this is my sixteenth contribution to a debate on the Appropriation Bill in this House, my third as a member of the Government.
PARLIAMENT
There have been many changes to this place over those sixteen years. Some have been physical changes to the building like the introduction of air conditioning and the refurbishment of the Chamber itself.
Other changes have been of substance, to the rules, the procedures and the practices of the House.
Personal Trainer Jake Wilde completed a grueling 2,500 mile charity cycle ride from Gibraltar to John O’Groats, Scotland in just 27 days.
Riding alone and unsupported Jake managed to raise £220 in cash donations both in Gibraltar and on route for Gibraltar Cancer Relief and £435 in online donations for the BFBS Big Salute Charity via his Just Giving page.
A group of Spanish activists have managed to remove a concrete block that formed part of the artificial reef that the Government of Gibraltar laid in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters off the runway in July last year in order to protect marine life.