§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the present state of negotiations with Spain with regard to Gibraltar, the Lisbon Agreement and the lifting of border restrictions.
§ Mr. HurdImplementation of the Lisbon agreement—which provides for the start of negotiations aimed at overcoming all the differences between Spain and the United Kingdom on Gibraltar and, at the same time, the lifting of Spanish restrictions—was postponed from 25 June at the request of the Spanish Government. No new date has yet been agreed. We stand ready to implement the agreement and hope that the new Spanish Government will be willing to do so.