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British Overseas Territories: Companies

Commons · Question 38670 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Kate Osborne

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Overseas Territories adopt open and public registers of beneficial ownership.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 31 Mar 2025

Work is ongoing to improve beneficial ownership transparency in the Overseas Territories. At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena committed to join Montserrat and Gibraltar in implementing fully publi...