Mentions:
1: Maria Miller (Con - Basingstoke) are held not only in this place but throughout the country and internationally.Members of a number of overseas - Speech Link
2: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) In addition to Ukraine, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the ICRC has key operations - Speech Link
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Student finance application forms and notes for new 2024 to 2025 full-time tuition fee only studentsFound: The Overseas Territories are made up of all the territories listed below.
Special Report Apr. 25 2024
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)Found: : Government Response to the Committee’sFirst Report The UK, our territories and our Allies and partners
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space TechnologiesFound: unintended consequences such as the de facto occupation/ ownership of strategically important space territories
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space TechnologiesFound: Access to UK Overseas Territories and favourable geography at a range of latitudes and longitudes
Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) At the outset, it is important to say how much I welcome the increase in overseas development aid. - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) yesterday by the Home Office Minister about not recognising Gaza as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Philip Hollobone (Con - Kettering) She mentioned the overseas territories, which fall under the remit of the FCDO. - Speech Link
2: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) It has also imposed considerable burdens on the already strained capacity of the overseas territories - Speech Link
3: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) The UK blue belt around UK overseas territories has protected an area of ocean larger than the size of - Speech Link
4: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) Will that site be identified as a priority by the UK, as it is surrounded by UK overseas territories? - Speech Link
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that British citizens with lawful dual citizenship are able to (a) vote and (b) stand for elections in all parts of the UK and overseas territories.
Answered by Simon Hoare - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
A British citizen with dual nationality can register to vote and qualify to stand in UK parliamentary, local and police and crime commissioners (PCC) elections as a British citizen, as long as they meet the other qualifying requirements, such as age and residency.
The online Register to Vote service includes information to assist individuals with more than one nationality. On the section of the service requesting nationality information, text below that question advises applicants with more than one nationality to include them all. The same guidance appears on paper application forms.
The Electoral Commission produces guidance for EROs to use when processing applications to register to vote. This guidance advises that when an application is received from a dual national, the ERO “should always process an application in accordance with the nationality that provides the higher level of franchise”.
Elections in UK overseas territories are determined by each territory and the Government has no plans to change this. Each Overseas Territory has its own rules and regulations regarding voting and candidacy eligibility.
The UK Government believes that the current fundamental structure of our constitutional relationships with the Overseas Territories is the right one. Elected governments of the Territories have powers to the maximum extent possible, consistent with the UK retaining those powers necessary to discharge its sovereign responsibilities.
Correspondence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: European Scrutiny CommitteeFound: House of Commons London SW1A 0AA David Rutley MP Minister for Americas, Caribbean and the Overseas
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: UK-EU data adequacyFound: conclusions do you draw from the European Commission’s recent adequacy review of 11 countries and territories