Ian Borg responsible for tourism sector, Owen Bonnici assumes responsibility for film industry

Minister for National Heritage, Arts, and Local Government, Owen Bonnici will assume responsibility for the film industry, a statement by the Office of the Prime Minister read.

The statement details the Cabinet responsibility changes following the resignation of Clayton Bartolo as tourism minister.

As Prime Minister Robert Abela previously said, he has added tourism to the responsibilities of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and Tourism Affairs, Ian Borg. "The Prime Minister took this step due to the connection between foreign affairs, the needs of small states, and the work towards quality, that started the tourism sector, an area of importance for our country," the statement read.

Parliamentary Secretary for Public Cleansing, Glenn Bedingfield, will retain his current responsibilities but will now join the Ministry for Environment, Energy, and Public Cleansing, led by Minister Miriam Dalli.

On Tuesday morning, Clayton Bartolo resigned from his post as minister, with the Prime Minister telling journalists that he was also removed from the Labour Parliamentary Group, following fresh allegations surrounding his wife Amanda Muscat. Muscat is alleged to have received a €50,000 kickback from an MTA deal, with Abela saying that these new circumstances had led to Bartolo's resignation.