Little English is the brainchild of local language lover Sophie Clifton-Tucker and her partner Christopher Hedley. After travelling the globe and teaching in Oxford, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, a seed of an idea was sown in their minds to bring all the best elements of each school back home to Gibraltar.
Mr Speaker, following our election victory in November 2016, I continued to have responsibility for Education, Justice and International Exchange of Information. Indeed, I have had responsibility for Education and Justice since we were first elected into office in December 2011.
Gibtelecom will be carrying out essential maintenance works on its 3G mobile network on Thursday 7 July 2016. The works will commence at 01:00 and are expected to be completed by 06:00.
For the Department for Economic Development, the decision taken by the UK to leave the European Union is fundamental to the Economic Plan which our Government is committed to.
Last November, the people of Gibraltar entrusted this Government with another term of office. A result that showed the resounding trust that the electorate have for a party that have had Gibraltar’s true interests at heart. Mr Speaker, it is an honour to stand here today to deliver my 5th Budget address.
In a speech I delivered last week at our University of Gibraltar, at the opening of an international conference on promoting sustainable development in further education, I said that the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union was the greatest threat to sustainability the world has seen in decades. Whereas, rightly, much of the emphasis on the impact of the UK’s exit has been placed on economic considerations, potentially, the greatest long-term impact will be on the environment and on sustainable development.
It is a cliché to say so, but it is both an honour and a privilege to stand here and deliver my first budget speech, here alongside my GSD colleagues both as a member of this Parliament and of Her Majesty’s Opposition with a duty to the people of Gibraltar to make enquiry of Government on their behalf.
The Gibraltar Youth Service has enjoyed a busy start to the summer, participating in educational outings and organising community and fundraising activities.