GIBRALTAR (PASSAGE OF PERSONS AND GOODS THROUGH ALGECIRAS)

HC Deb 29 June 1966 vol 730 c312W

Mr. Roebuck

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what new restrictions have been imposed by the Spanish authorities on British subjects entering or leaving Spain at Algeciras; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. White

Inquiries concerning the report of further restrictions having been introduced at Algeciras on 16th June were made of the Spanish Government by Her Majesty's Embassy at Madrid on that day. As my right hon. Friend the Colonial Secretary informed the House on 23rd June, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs subsequently denied that the Spanish authorities had introduced any such new measures. My latest information is that the situation with regard to the passage of persons and goods from Gibraltar through Algeciras has not changed since 16th June.