HC Deb 05 May 1982 vol 23 cc87-8W
24. Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to meet the Spanish Foreign Minister to discuss the future of Gibraltar.

Mr. Hurd

My right hon. Friend agreed with the Spanish Foreign Minister that they should meet on the 25 June to begin the negotiations, envisaged in the Lisbon statement of April 1980, aimed at overcoming all the differences between Great Britain and Spain over Gibraltar. Direct communications between Spain and Gibraltar will be re-established on the same day in accordance with the Lisbon statement.