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BACKGROUND NOTE
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1.
The remaining British 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, Turks and Caicos Islands.
2.
The views of the Government of the territory are given due weight when considering constitutional advance though it is not of course possible, in the absence of any decision to proceed to independence at any early date, to accede to demands which would erode HMG's ability to discharge its responsibilities. Political development stops short of full internal self-government where territories choose to remain dependent or where independence is not an option. In such cases, the British Government, through the Governor, retains overall responsibility for:
1:
(i)
(ii)
external affairs;
defence:
(iii) internal security;
administration of the public service;
(iv)
(v)
judiciary.
3.
(a)
Anguilla:
Anguilla was formally separated from
St Kitts-Nevis in December 1980 and is now a
dependent territory on its own. It has a
reasonably advanced constitution and Ministerial
form of Government. The present Government sees
independence as the ultimate goal but not for some
years.
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