Review of the UK – Overseas Territories Joint Declaration

Constitution Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 26 Nov 2025 Parliament page
This short inquiry will review progress against the commitments set out in the 2023 UK – Overseas Territories Joint Declaration. The Committee’s work will focus on the mechanisms for engagement between the UK and the Overseas territories and to what extent they are effective.
6 Oral sessions
2 Letters
12 Events
Activity timeline 20 events
17 Apr
2026
Correspondence
14 Apr
2026
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
25 Mar
2026
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
4 Mar
2026
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
25 Feb
2026
Oral evidence
25 Feb
2026
Correspondence
25 Feb
2026
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
11 Feb
2026
Oral evidence
11 Feb
2026
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
4 Feb
2026
Oral evidence
4 Feb
2026
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
28 Jan
2026
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
25 Feb 2026
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Chris Carnegy · Tristan da Cunha Dr Joseph Garcia MP · HM Government of Gibraltar Dr Rebecca Cairns-Wicks, MBE · St Helena Government Richard Hyslop · Falkland Islands Government The Hon Fabian Picardo KC MP · HM Government of Gibraltar
11 Feb 2026
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Blondel Cluff CBE, DL · Government of Anguilla Kei-Retta Farrell · Government of Montserrat The Hon Charles Washington Misick, OBE · Turks and Caicos Islands The Hon Dr Natalio Wheatley · British Virgin Islands Government The Hon Kim Wilkerson, JP · Bermuda
4 Feb 2026
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Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office The Lord McDonald of Salford GCMG KCVO · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
28 Jan 2026
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David Rutley · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
13 Jan 2026
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Robbie Bulloch · Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Stephen Doughty MP · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
3 Dec 2025
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Dr Derek O'Brien · Oxford Brookes University Professor Peter Clegg · University of the West of England (Bristol)
Correspondence 2 letters
17 Apr 2026 To committee Letter from Lord Strathclyde, Chair of the Constitution Committee to Stephen Doughty MP, Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories regarding the UK-Overseas Joint Declaration
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25 Feb 2026 Follow-up letter, dated 25 February 2026, from Lord Strathclyde, Chair of Constitution Committee to Stephen Doughty MP, Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories
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