Overseas territories
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on British overseas territories. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 11.04.2012 | The Turks and Caicos Islands |
| This note briefly reviews the crisis of political and economic governance which has affected the Turks and Caicos Islands since 2008. | |
| 09.04.2009 | Antarctica: some international legal issues |
| Reports in 2007 that the UK was claiming millions of square kilometres of seabed off Antarctica have increased the interest in international legal issues surrounding the Antarctic. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 11.10.2006 | Gibraltar: diplomatic and constitutional developments |
| Gibraltar: diplomatic and constitutional developments. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/48. | |
| 22.05.2002 | Gibraltars constitutional future |
| Gibraltars constitutional future. House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/37. | |
| 22.04.1998 | Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and Spain |
| Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and Spain. House of Commons Library Research Paper 98/50. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 23.03.2010 | Crown dependencies. |
| Justice Select Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 07.11.2011 | REPRESENTATION OF BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES AND CROWN DEPENDENCIES ON REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY |
| That this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to recognise the enormous contribution made by members of Her Majesty's Armed Services from each of the British Overseas Territories ... | |
| 04.04.2011 | TRISTAN DA CUNHA |
| That this House notes with concern the devastating effect of the recent grounding of the bulk carrier M.S. Oliva on the British Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha; recognises the ... | |
| 16.03.2011 | CELEBRATION OF ST PATRICK'S DAY IN MONTSERRAT |
| That this House joins the people of the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat in celebrating St Patrick's Day on 17 March 2011 as their national day; recognises the bond of friendship, ... | |
| 17.02.2011 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND DIEGO GARCIA |
| That this House welcomes the international treaty to ban the use, manufacture, sale and storage of cluster munitions that came into force on 1 August 2010; is concerned that the American ... | |
| 17.11.2010 | BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES AND REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY |
| That this House recognises the enormous contribution by members of Her Majesty's Armed Services from each of the British Overseas Territories in wars and conflicts over the years, fighting ... |
