HC Deb 01 February 1999 vol 324 c496W
Mr. Fallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Wrexham (Dr. Marek) of 19 January 1999,Official Report, columns 436–37, for what reasons his Department describes the Bay of Gibraltar as the Bay of Algeciras; and when it first adopted this description. [68523]

Ms Quin

The bay to the west of Gibraltar is known both as the Bay of Gibraltar and the Bay of Algeciras. The extent of British Territorial Waters in the bay is as described in my answer of 19 January 1999,Official Report, columns 436–37, to the hon. Member for Wrexham (Dr. Marek).