Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU Agreement in Respect of Gibraltar on defence.

Protecting the UK’s operational autonomy of the military facilities in Gibraltar has been a red line throughout negotiations of the UK-EU Agreement in Respect of Gibraltar.

The agreement reached on 11 June 2025 maintains full operational autonomy of the UK’s military facilities in Gibraltar, which play a vital role in protecting regional security and important trade routes - we would not have agreed to a deal which compromised our military facilities in Gibraltar.