Written questions

St Helena: Politics and Government

Commons · Question 50828 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 19 May 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the Governor of Saint Helena’s special responsibility for finance differs from the role of the Finance Minister.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 19 May 2025

Each Overseas Territory has a unique constitution. St Helena introduced a ministerial form of government in 2021 and the updated constitution provides that St Helena ministers have responsibility departments and shall exercise general direction and policy...