HC Deb 30 June 1969 vol 786 cc22-3W
82. Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the new Gibraltar constitution.

Mr. Whitlock

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 12th June to my hon. Friend the Member for Goole (Mr. George Jeger). It has been announced in Gibraltar that the date for the first election under the new Constitution for the House of Assembly will be 30th July.—[Vol. 784, c. 296–7.]

Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further action he now proposes to take to assist the people of Gibraltar, in the light of the latest Spanish restrictions.

Mr. Whitlock

The position of Her Majesty's Government on this matter was made clear in the course of my right hon. Friend's replies to Questions on 26th June.—[Vol. 785, c. 1709–15.]

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