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British Overseas Territories: Companies

Commons · Question 36372 · Tabled 7 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress has been made on adopting publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership in the British Overseas Territories.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 17 Mar 2025

At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, all Overseas Territories (OT) committed to implementing registers with the maximum possible degree of access and transparency by June 2025. The registers will be fully public, or at least accessible...