Question follow-through · 2758

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to visit British Overseas Territories within the next six months.

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 30 Aug 2024
Target answer date: 3 Sept 2024
Answer: 6 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to visit British Overseas Territories within the next six months.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary is keen to visit the Overseas Territories, where diary demands allow. The Foreign Secretary and the Minister for the Overseas Territories, will continue to engage directly with the Overseas Territories, including during the November ...

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