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DECISION WAS NOT
TAKEN ABOUT THEM SOON, IT WOULD COST THEM VERY MUCH MORE TO MAKE THEM HABITABLE. MR MAUDE UNDERTOOK TO PASS THIS CONCERN ON. HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT WE EXPECTED THE DIRECT EFFECT OF THE WITHDRAWL OF THE BATTALION ON EMPLOYMENT TO BE VERY MINOR. BUT WE DID NOT YET KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE LOGISTIC REVIEW WHICH FOLLOWED ON FROM IT. BOSSANO POINTED TO A NUMBER OF DETAILS WHICH NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT, SUCH AS THE TAXATION OF MEMBERS OF THE EXPANDED GIBRALTAR REGIMENT, AND WHAT OTHER CIVILIAN FACILITIES (SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS ETC) THEY WOULD BE EXPECTING TO USE. MR MAUDE SAID THAT THESE WERE THE SORT OF DETAILS WHICH HE EXPECTED THE LOGISTIC REVIEW TO COVER. HE WOULD ASK THE MOD TO DISCUSS THEM WITH THE GIBRALTAR GOVERNMENT. BOSSANO ALSO ASKED WHETHER SOME INFORMATION COULD BE GIVEN ABOUT THE EFFECT ON PSA EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATISATION OF THE PSA IN THE UK. HE SAID THAT IF GIBRALTAR WAS TO RECIEVE ANY HELP AT ALL IN THE COURSE OF THIS RESTRUCTURING, THEY WOULD PREFER IT TO BE TECHNICAL RETRAINING, RATHER THAN TEMPORARY
SUBSIDISATION WHICH THE GIBRALTAR GOVERNMENT WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE TO TAKE ON.
REFFELL
BT
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
105
.GIBRALTAR
LIMITED
SED
DEFENCE D
NEWS D
INFO D
SEC POL D
PUSD
ECD (I)
ECD (E)
ADDITIONAL
GIBRALTAR
NNNN
21
DISTRIBUTION
126
MAED
PLANNERS
RMD
PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON PS/PUS
MR P J WESTON
MR RATFORD
MR KERR
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