Foreign Affairs - Fourth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 June 1999.

CONTENTS

TERMS OF REFERENCE

INTRODUCTION

HISTORY
  British acquisition
  The 1960s and 1970s
  The Lisbon Statement
  The Brussels Process

SPANISH PRESSURE ON GIBRALTAR
  Fisheries dispute
  Border Restrictions
  The Airport
  Sea communications

SPANISH ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GIBRALTAR
  Parasitism
  Illegality
  Smuggling
  Financial impropriety
  Tax evasion

JUDICIAL COOPERATION

THE EU DIMENSION
  Non-implementation of EU directives
  Non-recognition of documentation etc
  Driving licences
  Passports and identity cards
  Telephones
  Non-recognition of authorities in Gibraltar
  Exclusion of Gibraltar from EU Legislation
  Problems in areas of internal affairs and justice
  Schengen
  Title IV Measures
  Title VI
  European franchise

DEFENCE ASPECTS
  Gibraltar's military role
  Spain and NATO
  Military aid to the civil power

CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
  Independence
  Integration with the United Kingdom
  Other constitutional change
  Referendums

HOW SHOULD THE UNITED KINGDOM TAKE FORWARD RELATIONS WITH SPAIN
  Lowering the temperature
  Is co-operation appeasement?
  The Brussels Process
  A new phase in British/Spanish relations over
  Gibraltar

CONCLUSION

SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ANNEX 1

APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 2

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TUESDAY 30 MARCH 1999

TUESDAY 20 APRIL 1999

APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

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Prepared 22 June 1999