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Commonwealth: Reform

Commons · Question 59734 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 24 Jun 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations of the report by the Eminent Persons Group entitled A Commonwealth of the People - Time for Urgent Reform, publi

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 24 Jun 2025

The 2011 Eminent Persons' report made a valuable contribution to the debate on Commonwealth reform. A number of recommendations were adopted, including the establishment of the Commonwealth Charter, which was signed by Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ...