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<p>The UK Government has made clear that it intends to fully involve Gibraltar as
we prepare for exit from the EU, to ensure Gibraltar’s interests are properly taken
into account. <br><br>I have been closely involved in considering Gibraltar’s priorities
from the start of the EU exit process. On 20 July, my first debate in my role as a
minister at the Department for Exiting the European Union was a Westminster Hall debate
on the EU Referendum and Gibraltar (https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-07-20/debates/16072020000001/EUReferendumGibraltar).
<br><br>The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and I met the Gibraltar
Chief Minister on 12 September 2016 and I held a meeting with the Chief Minister and
representatives of Gibraltar industry and trade unions on 1 November. <br><br>At a
multilateral level, Minister for the Overseas Territories, Baroness Anelay and I met
with leaders of the Overseas Territories on 2 November 2016 at the UK-Overseas Territories
Joint Ministerial Council. We committed to taking forward future engagement through
the creation of the UK – Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council on European
Negotiations (JMC – OT EN), to meet in February.<br><br>I chaired the first meeting
of the UK-Gibraltar Ministerial Forum on EU Exit took place on 7 December 2016, with
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers taking part alongside the Chief Minister
and Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar.</p>
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