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Written Question
Gibraltar: Brexit
Thursday 21st December 2017

Asked by: Mike Gapes (The Independent Group for Change - Ilford South)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the implementation phase of the UK leaving the EU will be the same for Gibraltar as the rest of the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Robin Walker

Both the EU and the UK have been clear that the Implementation Period will be agreed under Article 50 and be part of the Withdrawal Agreement. Both sides have also been clear that Gibraltar is covered by the Withdrawal Agreement and our Article 50 exit negotiations.

The Prime Minister said clearly in the House on Monday that as we negotiate these matters we will be negotiating to ensure that the relationships are there for Gibraltar as well. We are not going to exclude Gibraltar from our negotiations for either the implementation period or the future agreement.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"Is there not also another difference, which is that decisions within the European Union are not just taken by meetings of the Council of Ministers, as there is a co-decision process that involves elected Members of the European Parliament representing all 28 member states?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Dec 2017
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Dec 2017
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
EU Exit Negotiations

"The Secretary of State says that any agreement will hold only if Parliament approves it, but he has also said that we will have no opportunity to vote if we have no agreement. That means, does it not, that all this talk about taking back control and giving our Parliament …..."
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