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British Overseas Territories: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of mechanisms for parliamentary scrutiny of Overseas Territories.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 24 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 26 Mar 2026
Answer: 10 Apr 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of mechanisms for parliamentary scrutiny of Overseas Territories.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Apr 2026
Answer published
Mechanisms for parliamentary scrutiny are a matter for the House.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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