§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will propose the enfranchisement of the Gibraltarians in the European Union. [2015]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonWe are aware of the strength of feeling in Gibraltar about this issue. But there are real legal and practical difficulties in the way of any change in the present position on voting in the European Parliament elections.
§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 2 June,Official Report, column 82, if he will seek at the European Council to free Gibraltar airport from Spanish-imposed constraints. [2092]
§ Mr. HendersonThe principal purpose of the European Council is to conclude the IGC. It is not an appropriate forum in which to raise the issue of Gibraltar airport.