BACKGROUND NOTE
W(29)
1.
Mr Stanbrook has won first place on the ballot for a
Private Member's Motion on 15 April 1983. We do not have the
actual text of the Motion but Mr Stanbrook has said that it
will be on the problems of the Dependent Territories.
2.
The remaining Dependent Territories are: Anguilla,
Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean
Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland
Islands and Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat,
Pitcairn Group of Islands, St Helena and Dependencies (Ascension
and Tristan da Cunha), Turks and Caicos Islands.
3.
Following the precedent set in 1976, the Sovereign Base
Areas in Cyprus, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not
included.
4.
The Falkland Islands Dependencies (South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands) are British Dependent Territories,
legally distinct from the Falkland Islands. They are not
dependencies of the Falkland Islands but are administered by the
Falkland Islands Government which is empowered to legislate for
them.
5.
The Dependencies Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are dependent territories of St Helena.
Hong Kong and General Department
13 April 1983