To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the reason was for the delay in holding the first Joint Consultative Committee meeting between the Gibraltar Services Police Staff Association and the Local Command. (113707)

[holding answer 10 January 2007]: The inaugural meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee, between representatives of the Gibraltar Services Police Staff Association (GSPSA) and MOD management in Gibraltar, was held on 11 December 2006; this was the earliest date that was agreeable to all interested parties.