§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why they have not rejected the Spanish proposals for joint sovereignty over Gibraltar when their policy is based on the commitment in the preamble to the 1969 Constitution. [HL1188]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanThe Government stand by the commitment in the Preamble to the 1969 Constitution. We also accept the Brussels process set up by the United Kingdom and Spain in 1984. The Spanish proposals were made under this process and Her Majesty's Government have said that we will respond to the proposals in the next meeting of that process. We have therefore been fully consistent in our approach.