Public Finance Oversight in UK Overseas Territories Forum: Gibraltar fails, says GSD

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 Tuesday, December 7, 2021 - 10:09

Gibraltar’s lack of a Public Accounts Committee made us stand out as failing in this vital area of public finance scrutiny at last week's UK Overseas Territories Forum on Oversight of Public Finances and Good Governance.


Sir Joe Bossano, Roy Clinton and representatives of the Gibraltar Audit Office participated in this second phase of the project which was held via Zoom over three half days from 30 November to 2 December 2021.
Roy Clinton the GSD Shadow Minster for Public Finance and Value for Money stated the following:
“It is frankly embarrassing that Gibraltar still does not have a Public Accounts Committee to follow up the findings of the Principal Auditor and examine how well public funds have been spent. We are the only UK Overseas Territory not to have one, and size is not an excuse when much smaller territories such as St Helena and the Falkland Islands have them.

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