Apr 02 - No Complaint Made Against La Linea Marina Encroaching BGTW Claims Minister Lidington
In a question put to the Foreign Secretary William Hague by Conservative MP for Romford, Andrew Rosindell, the matter of La Linea’s Alcaidesa Marina being partly constructed in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters was raised. In response, Minister for Europe, David Lidington, speaking on behalf of the Foreign Secretary, said that less than 0.0001 square miles of the marina encroaches on BGTW.
Minister Lidington added, ‘my reply given to the hon. member on 5 March 2014, Hansard, column 837W, noted that construction of the mole/sea wall and Alcaidesa marina in La Linea are historical fact. The mole was completed in the 1980s and the marina in 2008. A note verbale protesting the construction of the mole was issued in 1982. Earlier this year officials checked the records for 2008 and found no record of a protest at the completion of the marina. This Government has made our position on sovereignty over BGTW clear to the Government of Spain, including recently at a senior level.’
