Mar 07 - Lord Debate Questions UK Government on Spanish Reassurance that Incursions Will Cease
Responding to questions Gibraltar and Spain in the UK’s House of Lords yesterday, Conservative Baroness Warsi told Lord Hoyle that Foreign Secretary William Hague had raised concerns about illegal incursions by Spanish State vessels into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters with the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Gonzalo de Benito, on 20 February. The question enquired specifically about the recent disruption of a Royal Navy parachute exercise in the bay of Gibraltar.
Lord Hoyle also asked about what assurances the UK Government had received from Spain that these incursions would cease. Baroness Warsi responded with the same answer, adding that the Government continues to protest formally all illegal incursions. ‘Neither this incident nor other incursions change the fact of UK sovereignty over British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, ‘ she added.
