HC Deb 30 May 1968 vol 765 cc261-2W
Sir F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the revised timing and venue of the Gibraltar constitutional talks.

Mr. George Thomson

During my recent discussions with Gibraltar Ministers I invited the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister to visit London in June to continue our general consulta- tions. In view of that visit we agreed that it would be inconvenient also to hold the proposed constitutional talks in June and that they should therefore be held in mid-July.

Present arrangements are for the talks to be held in Gibraltar but I will keep this matter under consideration.