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 criteria will be used to determine whether exceptional circumstances justify action on Treaty matters without Gibraltar’s consent under the UK-Gibraltar concordat; and what consultation will take place with the Government of Gibraltar before such a decision.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the letter of 13 July 2026 from my Hon Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth to the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, published alongside the UK-Gibraltar Concordat, which sets out the Government's position (https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/uploads/_PressOffice/Minister_Doughty_Letter_Concordat.pdf)