The GSD have issued a statement calling on the Government to answer questions relating to payments and arrangements connected to the Upper Rock.

A statement from the GSD follows below:

The Government and Mr Cortes need to come clean and respond to the questions the GSD and  members of the public want answered and not resort to personal insults. It is very simple. 

Which entities are receiving payments from the Upper Rock? How much are they each  receiving? How long are they receiving these payments for? What are the specific  arrangements which were last year estimated to result in a payment to ‘Sites Management  Systems’ of £6M? Which ‘site investment works’ and ‘modern ticketing and management  systems’ result in such a huge payment - in one, single year - of £6M? 

Damon Bossino said: “Mr Cortes needs to stop saying that taxpayers’ money will not be used  and admit that taxpayers will be losing out. These are not difficult questions. He needs to  provide answers and not trade in pathetic insults which simply fail the wider public.”  

As was once said – “insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong”.