Crown Dependencies
Debate between Lord Watts and Lord Faulks
Tuesday 12th July 2016
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Lord Faulks
The noble Lord has had a continued interest in the Crown dependencies: as chair of the Justice Select Committee, he wrote an influential report and a subsequent report in 2014, in which he applauded the response of the UK Government to the challenges that the Crown dependencies threw up. As the Prime Minister said, we are most concerned to ensure that the Crown dependencies’ interests are reflected in any negotiation. We are also anxious to encourage letters of entrustment where appropriate, to ensure that those interests are recognised in all treaties. There was a 2007-08 agreement which paved the way for such arrangements.
Lord Watts (Lab)
What would the effect of our leaving the European Union be on Gibraltar’s borders?