Gibraltar's first minister Fabian Picardo has given evidence to the Commons European Scrutiny Committee on the Brexit deal where he insisted the overseas territory has a British future. Conservative MP David Jones asked: "Last week the chief minister of Gibraltar appeared before the European scrutiny committee and gave evidence about the continuing negotiations between Gibraltar and the European Union on their future relationship. During the course of this evidence, the chief minister made clear that Gibraltar's future should be as he put it, 'British, British, British'.

       "How is the Government supporting that aim and in particular to exclude any role for the European Court of Justice?"

       Mr Johnson replied: "Gibraltar is British, British, British and will remain so.

       "I see no future role for the European Court of Justice."

       It comes as Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been accused of an abuse of power over allegations opposition MPs were drunk during an Armistice Day visit to British forces in Gibraltar.

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       Defence sources said Mr Wallace was writing to the SNP and to Labour to complain about the reported conduct of some of their MPs on the flight out to the British overseas territory.

       However the SNP have hit back following further reports claiming two Conservative MPs on the trip were out drinking late into the night and were hung over the following day.

       A party spokesman called on the Defence Secretary to apologise for what he claimed was a "botched" attempt to divert attention from the "sleaze" allegations engulfing the Tories at Westminster.

       A Conservative sources did not deny their MPs, Ben Everitt and Christian Wakeford, had been out for a drink but rejected claims they had turned up with hangovers for events the following day.

       A party source said that it was a "desperate attempt" to deflect attention from the behaviour of the opposition members on the flight.

       The saga began with reports that two SNP MPs, Drew Hendry and David Linden, and Labour's Charlotte Nichols had been drinking heavily and were rude to staff on the flight out to Gibraltar.

       They were among a group of 15 MPs who flew out from Heathrow on Tuesday to join the visit organised by the parliamentary armed forces scheme.

       Mr Hendry and Mr Linden both strongly denied the allegations insisting they were able to play a full part in events the next day.

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       Ms Nichols is understood to have told The Sun newspaper that medication which she had been taking had "affected my tolerance" for alcohol.

       In a statement, Mr Wallace said: "This behaviour puts military personnel in a difficult position and risks undermining respect for Parliament."

       Meanwhile the Daily Record quoted sources close to the trip as claiming that Mr Everitt and Mr Wakeford had been "on the lash" in Gibraltar into the early hours of Wednesday.

       In response a Tory source said: "This is quite clearly a desperate attempt by those involved in the flight incident to deflect attention away from their behaviour."