Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met the leader of the British Virgin Islands; what the aim of that meeting was; what was discussed at that meeting; and if he will make a statement.

My Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP), the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, briefly met Premier Orlando Smith at the Joint Ministerial Council in 2014. On 29 June, I spoke with the Premier to reassure him of the UK support for the Overseas Territories and to discuss the results of the EU Referendum. As the Prime Minister, the Member for Witney (David Cameron MP) has said, the Overseas Territories will be fully involved, in accordance with their various constitutional relationships with the UK. We are committed to ensuring that all of their interests are taken properly into account.