Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2026 to the right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills during the statement on Gibraltar: UK-EU Treaty, whether he will publish the further written clarifications on the UK-Gibraltar concordat; and whether a change of Government in Gibraltar would affect the operation of its consent safeguards.

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)