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<p>The Government has negotiated the withdrawal agreement for the whole UK family.
There were some circumstances which were specific to Gibraltar which meant we also
held talks between the UK Government, Government of Gibraltar and Spain. This led
to positive agreement on issues such as <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760552/memorandum-of-understanding-police-customs-cooperation-en-es.pdf"
target="_blank">cooperation on policing</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760550/memorandum-of-understanding-environmental-matters-en-es.pdf"
target="_blank">environmental matters</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760551/memorandum-of-understanding-tabacco.pdf"
target="_blank">tobacco</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760549/memorandum-of-understanding-citizens-rights-en-es.pdf"
target="_blank">citizens’ rights</a>. These agreements underpin the Gibraltar Protocol
to the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>In concluding the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK
wrote to confirm the position we had always held, that Article 184 is without prejudice
to the territorial scope and form of future agreements with the EU. However, as a
matter of firm UK policy, we will only agree a deal on the future which works for
the whole UK and we will negotiate a deal that works for Gibraltar as part of future
negotiations.</p><p>The Prime Minister said on 26 November, ‘the Government stood
by Gibraltar and resisted changes to the Withdrawal Agreement that the Spanish Government
wished to make. We are clear that Gibraltar’s sovereignty will not change. It has
not changed and will not change. We are proud that Gibraltar is British’.</p>
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