Jan 17 - GSD MPs To Attend Westminster Programme On Oversight Of Public Finance.
The GSD Shadow Minister for Public Finance, Roy Clinton, and the GSD Shadow Minister for Education, Edwin Reyes, will form part of a cross-party MP delegation invited to Westminster for a 2.5 day work programme next week.
The objective of the work programme is to explore issues relating to the oversight of public spending and public financial management along with other key areas of interest. This will involve meetings with the National Audit Office, the Office of Budgetary Responsibility, the Treasury Select committee and the committee on Exiting the European Union as well as a lunch with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Gibraltar.
Mr Clinton said: “I’m delighted to be participating in this programme which focuses on enhancing the parliamentary scrutiny of public finances which is an area on which I have been actively campaigning and raising awareness since I entered politics.
“It is an important initial meeting forming part of the three year CPA project to strengthen the Overseas Territories’ scrutiny of public spending chaired by Lord Foulkes. As is well known it is GSD policy that public finances should be managed transparently and in an accountable fashion. In our view systems of control and to allow public and parliamentary scrutiny need to be enhanced. This meeting will provide us with a useful opportunity to interact with UK MPs and officials and gain an insight as to how the UK Parliament deals with such issues.
“I am especially pleased that Sir Joe Bossano will be attending as part of the delegation together with the two independent members of the Opposition. It will also be an excellent opportunity to informally repeat Gibraltar’s concerns as regards Brexit on a cross-party basis.”
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