Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic assistance his Department is providing to the UK Overseas Territories in their engagement with the European Union.

We work in partnership with the British Overseas Territories to promote and safeguard their interests with international partners. We use our diplomatic resources and influence to support and facilitate their engagement with the European Union. For example, we support the Overseas Territory Governments to access EU markets and the opening of local offices in Brussels. The UK, working side-by-side with the Government of Gibraltar, remains committed to concluding a UK-EU treaty in respect of Gibraltar as soon as possible.