Extract from ten minute rule motion on Representation of the People (Gibraltar) - June 19
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 08:59
Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet) (Con):...Unlike other overseas
territories, Gibraltar does not have the option of formal
independence, which, however unlikely, would be available to others
should they so wish it. The 1713 treaty of Utrecht ceded Gibraltar
to Great Britain in perpetuity. The treaty had a sting, in that
Gibraltar can only be British or Spanish. Its own unilateral
independence is not an option. Whereas most overseas territories
have their own currencies or shared currencies—the...Request free trial
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(Con):...Unlike other overseas territories, Gibraltar does
not have the option of formal independence, which, however
unlikely, would be available to others should they so wish it. The
1713 treaty of Utrecht ceded Gibraltar to Great Britain in
perpetuity. The treaty had a sting, in that Gibraltar can only be
British or Spanish. Its own unilateral independence is not an
option. Whereas most overseas territories have their own currencies
or shared currencies—the Eastern Caribbean dollar, under the
Eastern Caribbean Currency Union—or use the euro in some cases or
the US or New Zealand dollar, only the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and St Helena,
with Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island, share sterling as their
domestic currency...
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