§ Q6 Mr. Cordleasked the Prime Minister what plans he has to pay an official visit to Gibraltar.
§ The Prime MinisterI have no plans to do so in the near future, Sir.
§ Mr. CordleDoes the Prime Minister think that with the change of Foreign Minister in Spain there will be an amelioration of the blockade of Gibraltar?
§ The Prime MinisterI think that it would be wrong to speculate on this question. We shall, of course, judge all these matters in the light of developing relations with the Spanish Government, particularly on the question of Gibraltar. The Question referred to a visit to Gibraltar. I would like to make it clear that the pledge given on behalf of Britain to Gibraltar in my public remarks during my most recent visit still stands. The hon. Gentleman may like to know that there have been only three Prime Ministerial visits to Gibraltar since the war, all of them by me—and I did not go in a British frigate supplied by the Spanish Government.