I see that point . I’m going to have to run a new cable into the meter then at my cost. more than likely as I’ve finished the job nowIt doesn't really matter what an electrician thinks about gas bonding, any gas engineer arriving on-site will be expecting to find bonding close to the meter, it is in their regs, unlike BS7671, their regs are not negotiable.
I have seen bonding run outside of the property if that helps.