Gibraltar

HC Deb 23 July 1993 vol 229 cc458-9W

Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent judgment by the European Court of Justice confirming Gibraltar's suspension from an EC air services directive (89/463).

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The judgment has no implications for our title over Gibraltar or for the status of the 1987 airport agreement. We continue to believe that implementation of the agreement, updated as necessary to reflect subsequent directives, would be in the best interests of Gibraltar. It would in particular remove Gibraltar's suspension from EC air liberalisation measures.

Mr. Thomason

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent judgment by the European Court of Justice confirming Gibraltar's suspension from the EC air services directive (89/463).

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The judgment has no implications for our title over Gibraltar or for the status of the 1987 airport agreement. We continue to believe that implementation of the agreement, updated as necessary to reflect subsequent directives, would be in the best interests of Gibraltar. It would in particular remove Gibraltar's suspension from EC air liberalisation measures.