§ Mr. Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if any progress has been made in discussions with the Spanish Government on any outstanding issue dependent upon further British concessions on the issue of sovereignty over Gibraltar.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweThere have been useful discussions with Spain on a number of matters relating to Gibraltar. These have not affected our position on sovereignty: we stand by the commitments in the preamble to the 1969 Gibraltar constitution.