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<p>We will continue to uphold British sovereignty by challenging and protesting each
and every unlawful incursion into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. We will also
continue to lodge formal diplomatic protests about delays at the border.</p><p>In
addition to these formal measures, we will continue to make representations to the
Spanish government at the highest level, making clear the damage that unlawful incursions
and disproportionate measures at the border cause to our bilateral relationship.</p><p>The
Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) has spoken
twice to the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, about delays
at the border. As a result of those conversations, the Commission sent a monitoring
mission to the border and we now expect the Commission to insist that Spain implements
the recommendations it received on improving the flow of people and traffic.</p><p>We
do not rule out further measures. However, it is important that we act in ways that
do not make life still more difficult for businesses and ordinary citizens in Gibraltar.
We are continuing to seek a way forward on the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague)
proposal for ad hoc talks as the best means of discussing and resolving issues of
concern.</p>
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