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Caruana will not take part in parliament's question time
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The Leader of the Opposition Peter Caruana will not be taking part in Thursday's Question Time in Parliament and the Deputy Leader of the GSD Daniel Feetham will be standing in for Mr Caruana.
Apart from his questions to Mr. Bossano and the Minister for Justice, Mr. Feetham will ask the Chief Minister what is his Government’s policy in relation those aspects of the Cordoba Agreement which remain to be implemented?
On the fishing dispute he will ask the Chief Minister whether he accepts that important announcements such as the tearing up of the 1999 Fishing Agreement should be made in Parliament and not on Facebook? He will also ask how many incursions have occurred into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters by the Guardia Civil each year since the Nature Protection Act was introduced in 1991, excluding innocent passage, on a year by year basis?
He wil also ask how many warnings, reports for process, arrests or arrest warrants have been made or issued by the RGP on a yearly basis in relation to Spanish Fishermen’s activity in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters since the Nature Protection Act was introduced in 1991.
On the fishing dispute he will ask whether the Government has suggested or urged the RGP to enforce the Nature Protection Act in any particular way or whether he is aware, in his capacity as Chief Minister, of any such suggestion from the Convent.
On tax, the Chief Minister will be asked to confirm that the Government has instituted a policy of allowing the Commissioner of Income Tax to have discretion to enter into arrears agreements in appropriate circumstances and what tax breaks the Government envisages introducing for the use of Gibraltar as a jurisdiction for research and development in the software/IT industries now established in Gibraltar, as well as production by television, cinema and the music industry.
He will also be asked how many private consultants have been engaged by the Government since 9 December 2011, providing details of the areas where they have been engaged and the cost in relation to each engagement.
He will also be asked to provide a breakdown of the travel costs of each Minister (including the Chief Minister) on official business since 9 December 2011, giving a breakdown by Minister, the purpose of the trip, the accommodation stayed at by the Minister, the cost of airfares, chauffeur driven cars, accommodation and subsistence.
The Chief Minister will be asked whether he has received any representations or requests for a meeting concerning any grievances by GDC employees,Spanish nationals or any other workers engaged in the public sector about their terms of engagement and if so by whom and when were the representations or requests for a meeting made.
Mr Feetham will also ask how many times the Chief Minister has met a Mayor of Spain since the General Election where he has spoken about issues affecting Gibraltar, identifying the Mayor, the location of the meeting and the date.
20-06-12
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