British Overseas Territories: Emergency Powers
(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any of the British Overseas Territories has declared a state of emergency in the past five years.
This question was answered on 19th October 2022
Within the past five years, three British Overseas Territories have declared a state of emergency. This was due to the COVID-19 pandemic to manage the cross-border spread of the disease. These were Anguilla, Bermuda, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.