Friday, May 12, 2023 - 10:44

The news that the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intends to take a close personal interests in the UK Overseas Territories will be very welcome to all of them. This was revealed by the Governor Vice Admiral Sir David Steel in PANORAMA this week in an interview with Carmen Gomez.

STEP
Indeed, the Governor disclosed that the Prime Minister had “recently written to all his Ministers in all his departments, and said he wants each department to have a Minister with the responsibility to the Overseas Territories.” In the context of the institutional relationship of Gibraltar with the United Kingdom generally, this can only be seen as an important step forward.
REMIT
This development, taken to its logical conclusion, means that...