Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is Gibraltar's current relationship with the EU.

Gibraltar and the United Kingdom form part of a single Member State of the European Union. As per Article 355 (3) TFEU (formerly Article 227(4) Rome Treaty), "the provisions of the Treaties shall apply to the European territories for whose external relations a Member State is responsible". Gibraltar's EU membership is, however, subject to qualifications as set out in the 1972 Accession Act. In particular, EU treaties covering the Customs Union, free movement of goods, VAT rules, the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries policy do not apply to Gibraltar.