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Parliamentary Research
Public registers of beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies - CDP-2023-0220
Dec. 04 2023

Found: c) the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, (d) the Pitcairn Isl ands, (e) St Helena, (f) Montserrat

Select Committee
Hon Joseph E. Farrell, Premier of Montserrat, and Hon Teslyn Barkman MLA (Member of the Falkland Island Legislative Assembly)

Oral Evidence Jan. 29 2024

Inquiry: The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Procedure Committee

Found: Farrell, Premier of Montserrat, and Hon Teslyn Barkman MLA (Member of the Falkland Island Legislative

Select Committee
Hon Fabian Picardo KC MP, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, and Hon Dr Joseph Garcia GMC MP, Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar

Oral Evidence Jan. 29 2024

Inquiry: The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Procedure Committee

Found: Farrell, Premier of Montserrat.

Select Committee
Cayman Islands Law School in partnership with University of Liverpool
 SOT0046 - The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21st Century

Written Evidence Nov. 09 2023

Inquiry: The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21 Century
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Caribbean countries which rely on tariffs include Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat

Commons Chamber
Beneficial Ownership Registers: Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) We already have legislation that requires offshore companies that own properties to declare their owners - Speech Link
2: Margaret Hodge (Lab - Barking) Over 70% of the properties in the list of those that we know about are owned by companies registered - Speech Link
3: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) All those cases passed through companies registered in our overseas territories. - Speech Link
4: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) large companies such as Starbucks, which we had before the Committee. - Speech Link
5: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Montserrat, the Falkland Islands, St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha and Pitcairn have confirmed - Speech Link

Select Committee
Ken Westmoreland
 SIDS0017 - UK Small Island Developing States Strategy

Written Evidence Jan. 10 2024

Inquiry: UK Small Island Developing States Strategy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)

Found: In addition, while Montserrat, also still dependent on the UK’s financial support, is so close to

Select Committee
House of Commons
 SOT0072 - The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21st Century

Written Evidence Nov. 29 2023

Inquiry: The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21 Century
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Once again, companies registered in the Overseas Territories were prominent.

Written Question
Montserrat: Companies
Monday 23rd October 2023

Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Montserrat's implementation of publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership in line with the Draft Order in Council prepared by the Secretary of State to comply with the requirement under section 51 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018; whether that Territory has (a) introduced and (b) passed the legislation required for the creation of a publicly accessible register of company beneficial ownership; whether the register will be (i) open and (ii) free at point of access; and when the register will be (A) live and (B) operational.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Government of Montserrat (GoM) has committed to introduce a publicly accessible register of beneficial ownership (PARBO).

Montserrat has recently completed consultations on a Bill; the Government expects to introduce this Bill to the House of Assembly in the current session. This Bill would enable the creation of a PARBO that would comply with the standards set out in a written ministerial statement (HCWS369) of 14 December 2020. How Montserrat seeks to recoup the costs of operating their PARBO will be a matter for the Territory Government.

GoM is assessing its timeline for implementation in light of ongoing constraints on capacity and expertise. The UK Government is providing technical assistance, most recently at the UK-OT Beneficial Ownership Transparency Technical Working Group on 10 October. We will confirm the timeline with Montserrat and other Overseas Territories at the Joint Ministerial Council scheduled for 14-15 November.

Select Committee
Formal Minutes Session 2023-24

Formal Minutes Dec. 06 2023

Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Pangelinan [SOT25]; Vince Thompson [SOT26]; Ken Westmoreland [SOT28]; The Falkland Islands Fishing Companies

Commons Chamber
Overseas Territories - Thu 11 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) The code was designed to ensure that companies could not avoid taxation. - Speech Link
2: Maria Miller (CON - Basingstoke) I remember talking to some colleagues from Montserrat about the continuing impact of the volcanic eruption - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) The UK has provided £85 million of official development assistance to support St Helena, Montserrat, - Speech Link
4: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) He mentions Montserrat. - Speech Link