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 planning his Department has undertaken with the Government of Gibraltar to maintain the movement of people and essential goods in the event of unilateral restrictions by the Spanish authorities during provisional application of the Treaty.

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.