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GIBRALTAR/UK/SPAIN (Agencies) The Spanish Government has delivered 14 verbal, but official, complaints to the United Kingdom regarding the landfills being carried out in Gibraltar, according to PSOE Deputy Salvador de la Encina yesterday. In a press note the Socialist deputy said that Spain will continue along these lines, particularly since the announcement that Gibraltar aimed to recover 90,000m2 for industrial development. De la Encina warned against the "environmental impact" of this kind of project and pointed out that the Spanish Government is clear in its position on matters of sovereignty>>>
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in each of the protests delivered, and that "in this case sovereignty acquires the utmost importance." This is so, he says, because "should the project be carried, the landfill would be on the isthmus, which was never ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Utrecht." He added that this is a matter of State, as are all those related to Gibraltar; it is "nothing new, as major projects have been questioned since the beginning of the 19th century, and not only under the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, as the PP would have us believe." Joe Holliday, the Minister for Enterprise, Development, Technology and Transport made the following statement regarding landfills to Parliament last week:
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in each of the protests delivered, and that "in this case sovereignty acquires the utmost importance." This is so, he says, because "should the project be carried, the landfill would be on the isthmus, which was never ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Utrecht." He added that this is a matter of State, as are all those related to Gibraltar; it is "nothing new, as major projects have been questioned since the beginning of the 19th century, and not only under the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, as the PP would have us believe." Joe Holliday, the Minister for Enterprise, Development, Technology and Transport made the following statement regarding landfills to Parliament last week:
"The pre-contract studies for the reclamation are now nearing completion and a full statement will be issued by the Government in due course," the Minister said.
"However, the Government intends to reclaim approximately 90,000m2 of land with works due to commence later this year."
"This development will in no way affect the use of Western Beach."
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