Extract from end of day adjournment debate on Same-sex Marriage: Bermuda - Jan 29
Tuesday, 30 January 2018 07:31
The Minister for Europe and the Americas (Sir Alan Duncan):...We
can of course help to encourage change, but in doing so we must be
aware of the local situation and be respectful of individual
democracies. This is also the case in relation to our overseas
territories. The British overseas territories are separate,
self-governing jurisdictions with their own democratically elected
representatives. I am pleased—as, I am sure, is the hon.
Gentleman—that the British Antarctic Territory, the...Request free trial
The Minister for Europe and the Americas (Sir Alan
Duncan):...We can of course help to encourage change, but
in doing so we must be aware of the local situation and be
respectful of individual democracies. This is also the case in
relation to our overseas territories. The British overseas
territories are separate, self-governing jurisdictions with their
own democratically elected representatives. I am pleased—as, I am
sure, is the hon. Gentleman—that the British Antarctic Territory,
the British Indian Ocean Territory, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, the Pitcairn
Islands, St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, and South Georgia
and the South Sandwich Islands have all taken steps to recognise
and legally authorise same-sex marriage...
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