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Written Statements
UK-Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council 2025 - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, the Pitcairn - Speech Link


Written Statements
Hurricane Melissa: Government Response - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Elmore (Lab - Bridgend) away, and severe damage to the agricultural sector. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None of being part of a sovereign independent state comprising both the Ellice Islands and the Gilbert Islands - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) Cayman, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Turks and Caicos, St Helena and Montserrat were all, - Speech Link
3: Lord Jay of Ewelme (XB - Life peer) I remember discussions about the future of the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands—both of - Speech Link
4: Earl of Leicester (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We want to stay British and return to our islands as British citizens”. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Financial Transparency: Overseas Territories - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) Time and again to the British Virgin Islands. - Speech Link
2: Charlie Maynard (LD - Witney) , the Cayman Islands and Bermuda—are all British overseas territories. - Speech Link
3: Charlie Maynard (LD - Witney) Bermuda and the Cayman Islands now have registers of beneficial interest that are up and running. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Snowden (Con - Fylde) the Turks and Caicos Islands have now published legitimate interest registers; and others are due to - Speech Link
5: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Turks and Caicos launched an LIA register on 30 June, we understand that Anguilla will implement within - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2nd reading - Tue 04 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) internationally important ecostructure of the many little islands and their marine area. - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) France and the UK administered the Chagos Islands and Mauritius from Mauritius, but they were never owned - Speech Link
3: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) By that logic, Anguilla would be part of St Kitts; the Turks and Caicos Islands would be part of Jamaica - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) costs of developing anything equivalent to modern public services on remote and low-lying islands. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sudan: Protection of Civilians - Tue 04 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None It is passing through the Bahamas’ outer islands and is impacting our British Overseas Territory, the - Speech Link
2: None Women and girls face widespread sexual and gender-based violence, and there is evidence mounting of defenceless - Speech Link
3: None That will support those facing sexual violence and go towards the delivery of lifesaving food and health - Speech Link


Written Statements
Hurricane Melissa: UK Response - Tue 04 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Elmore (Lab - Bridgend) damage across Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, and also impacted parts of Dominican Republic and the Bahamas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sudan: Protection of Civilians - Thu 30 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) It is passing through the Bahamas’ outer islands and is impacting our British overseas territory, the - Speech Link
2: Alice Macdonald (LAB - Norwich North) that we stand with women and girls in Sudan and beyond? - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) terrorist attacks, and rapes and murders taking place daily. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 28 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) Crucially, we have seen the Arab League condemn and reject Hamas, and join us and other countries from - Speech Link
2: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) We need to challenge China on security and compete and co-operate on economic and global affairs. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Would it not be more sensible to save the money, ditch the surrender deal and the keep the Chagos islands - Speech Link
4: Chris Elmore (Lab - Bridgend) and keeping this country and our allies safe. - Speech Link
5: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) Melissa is forecast to impact Cuba next, and potentially the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas - Speech Link


Written Statements
Beneficial Ownership Registers: Overseas Territories - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) The Falkland Islands and St Helena pledged to implement fully public registers by April 2025, joining - Speech Link