§ 71. Mr. James Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, in view of the recommendation of the Colonial Committees of the United Nations that Gibraltar should be decolonised, if he will now accede to the representations made to him by the Integration with Britain Movement in Gibraltar by conducting a referendum to ascertain the wishes of the people of Gibraltar regarding their political future.
§ Mrs. HartNo. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 19th January by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Sir W. Teeling).—[Vol. 739, c.127.]
§ 74. Mr. Tuckasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government will now allow the Gibraltarians to express formally the relationship they want to maintain with Great Britain by conducting a referendum on this question.
§ Mrs. HartI do not consider that a referendum would be helpful at present. Adequate arrangements exist for the people of Gibraltar to make their views known through their elected representatives.