asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to be in a position to announce the recommencement of the discussions with the Spanish Government on the implementation of the Lisbon agreement; and if he will make a statement.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Stockport, South (Mr. McNally) on 22 December.—[Vol. 34, c. 949.] Contacts at official level with the Spanish Government are now in hand with a view to implementing the 1980 Lisbon agreement in the spring.