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British Overseas Territories: Companies

Commons · Question 46416 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

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Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress made on the introduction of a publicly accessible register on beneficial ownership of businesses registered in their jurisdiction

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 29 Apr 2025

At the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena committed to implement fully public registers by April 2025. The British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Anguilla and Turks ...