Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of 16 July 2026 in response to the Rt hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills during the statement on Gibraltar: UK-EU Treaty, what contingency procedures have been agreed with the Government of (a) Gibraltar and (b) Spain to manage disruption at Gibraltar airport caused by Schengen entry checks; and which authority is responsible for initiating those procedures.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the evidence given by the Minister for Europe and, in a separate session, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee on 15 September; the Minister for Europe's letter to Lord Stirrup, Chair of the European Affairs Committee, of 28 September 2026; and the Minister for Europe's remarks during the Grand Committee debate on the UK-EU Agreement in respect of Gibraltar on 20 October.