Foreign Affairs Committee: The future of the UK Overseas Territories

The future of the UK Overseas Territories

Venue: Wilson Room, Portcullis House, from 2.45pm

On Tuesday 16 October 2018, the Foreign Affairs Committee will hold its first evidence session on The future of the UK Overseas Territories.

This session will consist of two panels. The first will consider the health of the UK’s relationships with the Overseas Territories, the current OT governance model and whether and how it might be reformed. 

The second panel will focus on the Caribbean OTs and consider the particular set of challenges they are facing and the strains in their relations with the UK. 

Witnesses, from 2.45pm:

• George Fergusson, former Governor of Bermuda and (non-resident) Governor of Pitcairn

• Susie Alegre, Director, Island Rights Initiative

From approx. 3.30pm:

• Dr Peter Clegg, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, University of the West of England
• Eric Bush, Director, Cayman Islands Government Office and Chair, UK Overseas Territories Association