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Premier Burt Meets With UK Minister For OTs
Premier David Burt participated in a joint meeting with the United Kingdom’s Minister for Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty and leaders of other UK OTs. A Government spokesperson said, “This meeting was significant as it was the first meeting between OT leaders and Minister Doughty since he was appointed as minister under the new UK Labour... Read more of this article
UK Parliament: Q&A On ‘Transparency’ In OTs
“We will be working closely with the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to increase transparency, including through publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership,” Minister of State Stephen Doughty said. During a recent session in the UK Parliament, Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper asked, “To ask the Secretary... Read more of this article
Column: Wheatley On Labour Party’s Victory
[Opinion column written by Benito Wheatley] The Labour Party’s landslide victory at the polls presents a fresh opportunity for the United Kingdom [UK] to establish a genuine modern partnership with the Overseas Territories [OTs] after 14 years of Conservative Party rule in which the relationship with the Territories was severely strained by heavy-handed... Read more of this article
Govt House On Bomb Threat Hoaxes In OTs
Following a series of hoax bomb threats received by British Overseas Territories, including Bermuda. the Governor said her “office is working with the full range of Bermudian authorities and institutions to review our response and ensure that lessons learned are properly and rapidly applied.” Governor Rena Lalgie said, “Over recent... Read more of this article
UK Parliament: Q&A On Public Registers
“We are providing technical and financial assistance to expedite implementation in 2024 of these public registers,” British MP David Rutley said. During the British Parliament’s session on May 16th, Labour MP Margaret Hodge asked, “To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2024 to Question 23506 on British Overseas... Read more of this article
UK Parliament: ‘Refreshed Strategy’ For OTs
“The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, working with other UK Government departments, is leading the development of a refreshed strategy for the Overseas Territories [OTs] to be published in 2024,” British MP David Rutley said. During the British Parliament’s session on May 9th, Stephen Doughty Shadow Minister [Foreign and Commonwealth... Read more of this article
UK Parliament: Q&A On Public Registers
Alison Thewliss, the Shadow SNP Spokesperson for Home Affairs, inquired about the implementation of public registers of beneficial ownership in both Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories. During the British Parliament’s session on May 2nd, Alison Thewliss asked David Rutley, the Assistant Whip [HM Treasury] and Parliamentary Under-Secretary... Read more of this article
UK Parliament: Q&A On Territories Voting Rights
“Elections in UK overseas territories are determined by each territory and the Government has no plans to change this” as the” UK Government believes that the current fundamental structure of our constitutional relationships with the Overseas Territories is the right one,” British MP Simon Hoare said. During the British Parliament’s... Read more of this article
Photos: Exercise Island Warrior 24 Underway
Soldiers from four British Overseas Territories, including the Royal Bermuda Regiment, gathered in North Carolina for Exercise Island Warrior 24 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. A spokesperson said, “More than 100 soldiers and officers from the RBR are joined at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune by members of the Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment,... Read more of this article
Reinstatement Of BMU Code To Passports
Premier David Burt will travel today to Montreal, Canada, to the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organisation [ICAO], where “he will take part in a ceremony that will confirm the reinstatement of the BMU code to Bermuda’s British Overseas Territories Citizens [BOTC] passports,” the government said today. A Government... Read more of this article
UK Parliament: Q&A On Free Trade Agreements
“In international law the Overseas Territories [OTs] are not sovereign states in their own right and have no separate international legal personality,” Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon said. This is according to a recent session in UK Parliament, in which Viscount Waverley asked, “To ask His Majesty’s Government whether the Overseas Territories... Read more of this article
UK Parliament: Q&A On Overseas Territories
“The Foreign Affairs Committee is setting up a Sub-Committee that will engage the Overseas Territories more,” British MP David Rutley said. During a recent session in the British Parliament, Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell asked, “what steps he is taking to support effective governance in the British overseas territories.” In response, Assistant... Read more of this article
