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British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to update the Overseas Territories White Paper.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 17 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 5 Jan 2026
Answer: 7 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to update the Overseas Territories White Paper.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2026
Answer published
The 2012 White Paper remains the foundation of the UK's modern partnership-based relationship with the Overseas Territories (OTs), but the OTs continue to work alongside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to identify proposals on how ...

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