§ Sir Patrick Wallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek to renegotiate the Lisbon agreement with the Spanish Government so as to ensure that the Spanish-Gibraltar frontier is fully open before Spain joins the European Community.
§ Mr. WhitneyNo. The Lisbon statement remains an adequate framework for managing our differences with Spain over Gibraltar. We remain in close touch with the Spanish Government with a view to the restrictions on Gibraltar being lifted at the earliest moment.