Question follow-through · 38670
British Overseas Territories: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Overseas Territories adopt open and public registers of beneficial ownership.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Overseas Territories adopt open and public registers of beneficial ownership.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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31 Mar 2025
Answer published
Work is ongoing to improve beneficial ownership transparency in the Overseas Territories. At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena committed to join Montserrat and Gibraltar in implementing fully publi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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