To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent increase in employer National Insurance contributions on bonded warehouses.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent increase in employer National Insurance contributions on bonded warehouses.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rise in employer National Insurance Contributions on bonded warehouses.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rise in employer National Insurance Contributions on bonded warehouses.

Lords motion to take note of the agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of the one part, and the United Kingdom, of the other part. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to take note of the agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of the one part, and the United Kingdom, of the other part. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, my noble and gallant friend Lord Stirrup asked me to pass on his apologies, because he cannot be with us today, and to speak on his behalf. I can only imagine the disappointment, if your Lordships were expecting the military and a diplomat turned up, but that is...

My Lords, my noble and gallant friend Lord Stirrup asked me to pass on his apologies, because he cannot be with us today, and to speak on his behalf. I can only imagine the disappointment, if your Lordships were expecting the military and a diplomat turned up, but that is...

My Lords, Gibraltar has done extremely well over the years, with a very successful service sector-led economy, a very happy relationship with the United Kingdom, and as the possessor of a crucial base for the United Kingdom and NATO. I have always welcomed the close collaboration between Gibraltar and the...

My Lords, Gibraltar has done extremely well over the years, with a very successful service sector-led economy, a very happy relationship with the United Kingdom, and as the possessor of a crucial base for the United Kingdom and NATO. I have always welcomed the close collaboration between Gibraltar and the...

My Lords, this is the first occasion on which I have had the honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Redwood, in the speakers’ list, and I can assure him that his contribution today will go straight into the fiction part of my library. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, this is the first occasion on which I have had the honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Redwood, in the speakers’ list, and I can assure him that his contribution today will go straight into the fiction part of my library. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I begin by welcoming the Gibraltarian delegation attending our debate and saying how very much I appreciate the fact that they are taking so much interest in our deliberations. I had the pleasure of hearing the Chief Minister when he gave evidence to our committee, and that was...

My Lords, I begin by welcoming the Gibraltarian delegation attending our debate and saying how very much I appreciate the fact that they are taking so much interest in our deliberations. I had the pleasure of hearing the Chief Minister when he gave evidence to our committee, and that was...

My Lords, I thank in his absence the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, and his committee for a careful and useful report. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, for standing in at short notice and introducing the debate.

The committee rightly notes in its report that this debate...

My Lords, I thank in his absence the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, and his committee for a careful and useful report. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, for standing in at short notice and introducing the debate.

The committee rightly notes in its report that this debate...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Frost, is overpessimistic. This is a treaty that Gibraltar has studied with great care, and it wants it. I am a member of the parliamentary group and have been going to Gibraltar for many years. In May, I went with Martin Vickers MP; we...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Frost, is overpessimistic. This is a treaty that Gibraltar has studied with great care, and it wants it. I am a member of the parliamentary group and have been going to Gibraltar for many years. In May, I went with Martin Vickers MP; we...

My Lords, as a member of the European Affairs Committee, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate, and I join in the congratulations to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, the chairman of the committee. The noble Lord, Lord Barrow, who is deputising, made an excellent...

My Lords, as a member of the European Affairs Committee, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate, and I join in the congratulations to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, the chairman of the committee. The noble Lord, Lord Barrow, who is deputising, made an excellent...

My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, and the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, for taking up the theme, for enabling us to have this important and useful debate on the future of Gibraltar. In saying that, I take a very different view from...

My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, and the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, for taking up the theme, for enabling us to have this important and useful debate on the future of Gibraltar. In saying that, I take a very different view from...

I was just summing up—to say that I believe that we should support this treaty and the concordat and listen to and appreciate the voices of Gibraltar. In view of the comments made by my noble friends Lord Redwood and Lord Frost, as with any treaty, we must all monitor...

I was just summing up—to say that I believe that we should support this treaty and the concordat and listen to and appreciate the voices of Gibraltar. In view of the comments made by my noble friends Lord Redwood and Lord Frost, as with any treaty, we must all monitor...

My Lords, I first declare my historic interests in Spain, not because I think they are in any way affected by this United Kingdom-EU treaty, but rather to explain why I have taken an interest in Gibraltar throughout my adult life. When this country voted to leave the European Union,...

My Lords, I first declare my historic interests in Spain, not because I think they are in any way affected by this United Kingdom-EU treaty, but rather to explain why I have taken an interest in Gibraltar throughout my adult life. When this country voted to leave the European Union,...

My Lords, I speak as a member of the European Affairs Committee. After we left the European Union, Gibraltar lived on temporary arrangements and, as we have heard, thousands cross from Spain every day to work in Gibraltar. The Chief Minister told our committee that, under the EU’s new entry/exit...

My Lords, I speak as a member of the European Affairs Committee. After we left the European Union, Gibraltar lived on temporary arrangements and, as we have heard, thousands cross from Spain every day to work in Gibraltar. The Chief Minister told our committee that, under the EU’s new entry/exit...

My Lords, on 10 September, I was proud to attend Gibraltar National Day, along with our Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Wood, and a parliamentary delegation. I was there to witness the most impressive speech by the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, who is here with us. It was his last...

My Lords, on 10 September, I was proud to attend Gibraltar National Day, along with our Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Wood, and a parliamentary delegation. I was there to witness the most impressive speech by the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, who is here with us. It was his last...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, and I associate myself with all his remarks and the questions that he raised. I, like others, thank the committee for its work in scrutinising the treaty, and thank the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, for opening the debate and...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, and I associate myself with all his remarks and the questions that he raised. I, like others, thank the committee for its work in scrutinising the treaty, and thank the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, for opening the debate and...

My Lords, I also start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, for so successfully and cogently introducing the debate on behalf of the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, and I thank the committee for its diligent work in scrutinising this agreement. I also welcome the Gibraltar Chief Minister...

My Lords, I also start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, for so successfully and cogently introducing the debate on behalf of the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, and I thank the committee for its diligent work in scrutinising this agreement. I also welcome the Gibraltar Chief Minister...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. I am sorry, but there were so many questions that I am not going to be able to answer all of them. I will try to get through as many as I can, and I am sure that I will...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. I am sorry, but there were so many questions that I am not going to be able to answer all of them. I will try to get through as many as I can, and I am sure that I will...

If I may, I will ask the Minister a question about that, as I am perhaps not understanding it. He said that there is no question of a British person not being able to go and work freely in Gibraltar.

Surely, if you are only a British passport holder, you...

If I may, I will ask the Minister a question about that, as I am perhaps not understanding it. He said that there is no question of a British person not being able to go and work freely in Gibraltar.

Surely, if you are only a British passport holder, you...

I am not sure what the noble Lord is referring to, but the general point is that there is nothing in the treaty which offers additional restrictions. Nothing in the treaty has that impact.

Gibraltar has chosen to join a customs union; it has not joined “the” customs union. This is...

I am not sure what the noble Lord is referring to, but the general point is that there is nothing in the treaty which offers additional restrictions. Nothing in the treaty has that impact.

Gibraltar has chosen to join a customs union; it has not joined “the” customs union. This is...