HC Deb 23 July 1980 vol 989 cc265-6W
Mr. Wall

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make a further statement about talks designed to reopen the Spain-Gibraltar frontier and end the Spanish blockade.

Sir Ian Gilmour

I regret that further delay over the re-establishment of direct communications between Gibraltar and Spain and the opening of negotiations now seems inevitable. There were discussions with Spanish officials in London last week and I was assured that the commitment to the Lisbon agreement on Gibraltar remains.