13 April 1983
Mr Ivor Stanbrook (Bromley, Orpington); To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government regarding the constitutional progress of dependent territories of the United Kingdom.
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MR CRANLEY ONSLOW
Our general policy is to encourage the constitutional
development of Dependent Territories towards independence,
where this is a feasible option: but we do not force
independence on those who do not want it.