Roy Clinton was recently invited to participate, as an observer, in the CPA British Islands and  Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Public Accounts Committee Network Event in Malta. 

A statement from the GSD follows below:

GSD MP Roy Clinton was again invited to participate, as an observer, in the CPA British Islands and  Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Public Accounts Committee Network Event on 28 November 2024 which was  held in Malta. The BIMR network is an informal grouping of people who have a professional interest in  effective and efficient spending of public money and the event is organised on a self-funded basis.  

Roy Clinton MP the GSD Shadow Minster for Public Finance stated the following:  

“I was pleased to have again been personally invited to participate in this one day PAC networking event  together with other interested individuals from the devolved parliaments in the UK and other crown and  overseas territories hosted by the Parliament of Malta. This enables me to keep up to date on the latest thinking  and issues that PACs face.  

On the agenda were matters such as ‘Challenges facing small PACs’; ‘How digitalisation and AI can help  PACs’; and ‘Auditing the UN sustainability goals’. I am committed to such an important scrutiny function for  which Gibraltar remains the only UK overseas territory without such a body and undermines the ability of  Parliament to ensure the taxpayer receives value for money.  

A Public Accounts Committee is something the GSLP/Liberals continue to oppose but the GSD is committed  to deliver, and to that end by keeping myself informed I am ensuring we will be ready to implement a PAC  when we are elected into Government.”