§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the next meeting in the Brussels process on Gibraltar will take place. [109710]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 11 February 2000]: We expect the next meeting in the Brussels Process to take place in Spain. No date has yet been fixed.
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he received the expert team report on a fast patrol boat for the Royal Gibraltar Police. [109709]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 11 February 2000]: The expert team reported their findings at the beginning of November. As a result of the team's recommendations, HMG and the Government of Gibraltar have agreed to co-fund the purchase of a new vessel.
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in negotiations with Spain over the future of Gibraltar airport. [109707]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 11 February 2000]: The subject of Gibraltar airport has been raised in discussion with the Governments of Spain and Gibraltar, but there are no negotiations taking place at present on the future of the airport.
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last raised the issue of Gibraltar with the Spanish Foreign Ministry; and what was discussed. [109706]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 11 February 2000]: We regularly raise a wide range of issues related to Gibraltar with Ministers and officials of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which recommendations of the Fourth report from the Foreign Affairs Committee on Gibraltar, HC366, Session 1998–99, have been implemented. [109705]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 11 February 2000]: The Government's response to the Foreign Affairs Committee report on Gibraltar was laid before Parliament in October 1999 (Cd 4470). The response included detailed comments on each of the report's recommendations.