TNAG-1117-FCO40-1391-Future-of-the-Dependent-Territories-1982 — Page 147

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WRITTEN PQ: THE LORD HOUGHTON OF SOWERBY

'TO ASK HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT WHAT TERRITORIES NOW COMPRISE THE BRITISH EMPIRE'

1. Lord Houghton was created a Life Peer in 1974 (Labour). He was previously the Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party 1967-74. The Parliamentary Unit know of no special reason why he has tabled this motion. Please see the following papers attached:

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Minute from Commonwealth Co-ordination Department;

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Minute from Research Department;

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Extracts from relevant pages I have taken from Sir Kenneth Roberts-Wray's 'Commonwealth and Colonial Law'.

2. We could, I believe, formulate our reply to the question in two ways:

a)

A.

on the lines of 'With the coming to independence of most of the countries that formerly comprised the British Empire, the term 'British Empire' is no longer applicabl The remaining British Dependent Territories are:

Anguilla

Bermuda

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands and Dependacies

Gibraltar

Hong Kong

Montserrat

appropria

CODE 18-77

SS 8/78

Sam Group of Islands

Pitcairn Islands

St Helena and Dependencies

Turks and Caicos Islands'. B.

or Referring to the attached papers:

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