Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 69768

UN Special Committee on Decolonisation

Tabled: 22 July 2025

Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Priti Patel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 8 July 2025 to Questions 64030 on Gibraltar: Sovereignty and 64027 on UN Special Committee on Decolonisation, if he will make it his policy to (a)

Answer

Stephen Doughty

The Government believes the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation is outdated and no longer has a relevant role to play with respect to the UK Overseas Territories. For those Territories who wish it, the UK will continue to support requests for the remov...

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