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registered interest false more like this
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading British Overseas Territories: Politics and Government more like this
house id 1 more like this
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25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Overseas Territories on the future governance of those territories and the potential merits of (a) a devolution settlement for those territories similar to those for devolved nations of the UK and (b) representation for those territories in the UK Parliament. more like this
tabling member constituency Manchester, Gorton more like this
tabling member printed
Afzal Khan more like this
uin 6169 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-27more like thismore than 2020-01-27
answer text <p>​Each of the United Kingdom's 14 Overseas Territories has its own unique constitution setting out the responsibilities of the local government and the Government of the United Kingdom. The requests for constitutional reform have been driven by the people of each inhabited Territory. In the last year the Government has held formal negotiations on constitutional reform with the Cayman Islands and Anguilla. None of the Overseas Territories have requested a constitutional relationship akin to the devolution settlements within the United Kingdom.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Tamworth more like this
answering member printed Christopher Pincher more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-27T14:29:00.49Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-27T14:29:00.49Z
answering member
4075
label Biography information for Christopher Pincher more like this
tabling member
4671
label Biography information for Afzal Khan more like this