Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of progress made by the government of Spain in response to the request from the European Commission to carry out works on the border with Gibraltar to speed up movement at the frontier by the summer of 2015.

We have been very clear that Spain’s response to its border recommendations from the European Commission is nowhere near satisfactory. The European Commission itself has expressed its concerns about the lack of progress, as well as Spain’s refusal to share its plans to upgrade border infrastructure with the authorities in Gibraltar. We will continue to work with the European Commission to ensure that Spain completes the required works, with minimal impact on existing traffic and within an agreed timeframe.