GIBRALTAR
C
INDEPENDENCE FOR GIBRALTAR?
14.
Gibraltar has of course already been granted a
significant measure of internal self-government. We are
not aware of any significant body of opinion in Gibraltar
which wants the territory to move towards total independence.
Any move towards such independence would have to be taken
in the light of last part of Article X of the Treaty of
Utrecht which provides as follows:
'And in case it shall hereafter seem meet to the
Crown of Great Britain to grant, sell, or by any
means to alienate therefrom the propriety of the
said town of Gibraltar, it is hereby agreed and
concluded, that the Preference of having the same
shall always be given to the Crown of Spain before
any others'
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