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but MOD management hoped to be able to start discussions with the Gibraltar Government and the trade unions immediately.
His Excellency the Governor
Governor clarified the point that the logistic support functions related to areas such as PSTON. There was also a need to assess the effect of cuts on individual maintenance teams as and when property was handed over. The figures which the Minister had released would relate to the direct impact of the withdrawal of the Batallion. The Chief Minister asked whether the new additional personnel recruited for the Gibraltar Regiment would be making use of civilian or MOD facilities, and whether they will be paying Gibraltar taxes. Mr Maude felt that this clear at this stage. His Excellency the Governor pointed out that existing members of the Gibraltar Regiment used local services, with the exception of the medical facilities. There would
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a need to go into these important points later, including an examination of the housing. The Chief Minister agreed that needed careful study. The main area of present was that nobody really knew what the effect of the privatisation
the privatisation of the PSA would be. There was a need for an early read-out on this. Overall, there would be a need for retraining and he would be looking to the British Government for assistance on this by way of technical and not financial help. He added that the experience over the GSL project had shown that funding for commercialization had been a total waste of money. What was required
required was help to retain workers for job elsewhere in the economy.
The meeting ended at 4.30pm.
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