Research Briefing
British Indian Ocean Territory: UK to negotiate sovereignty 2022/23
Mauritius has disputed the UK's sovereignty, and the removal of local Chagossians by the UK is controversial. Talks are planned to resolve outstanding issues.
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Research Briefing
The Accession of King Charles III
A briefing on the constitutional and ceremonial events surrounding the Accession of King Charles III
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Research Briefing
The potential for direct rule in the British Virgin Islands
Alleged corruption has been uncovered in the British Virgin Islands. In June 2022, the UK said it would not impose direct rule at present but would monitor progress.
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Research Briefing
Brexit and the UK’s Overseas Territories
What’s the significance of the UK’s departure from the EU for the UK’s 14 Overseas Territories, in relation to trade, funding, defence, and sovereignty?
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Research Briefing
International affairs and defence: Parliamentary debates and statements in the 2021-22 session
This paper provides details and links for ministerial statements, urgent questions and parliamentary debates (from both Houses of Parliament) that cover international affairs and defence.
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Insight
Same-sex marriage in the UK’s Overseas Territories
The Privy Council ruled the Cayman Islands and Bermuda constitutions do not provide the right for same-sex marriage. What is the situation in other Territories?
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Research Briefing
The UK Overseas Territories: Climate change and biodiversity
The natural environments of the Overseas Territories are of global significance. This paper describes UK support to help them adapt to climate change.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: UK support to the Overseas Territories
What support has the UK Government provided to the Overseas Territories to help them respond to the Covid-19 pandemic?
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Research Briefing
International affairs and defence: Parliamentary debates and statements in the 2019-21 session
This paper provides details and links for ministerial statements and parliamentary debates (from both Houses of Parliament) that cover international affairs and defence.
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021
This landing page features a new series of Commons Library briefings on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, and the subsequent Defence Command Paper, which were both published in March 2021.
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Research Briefing
Integrated Review 2021: Summary
The Government published its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy: Global Britain in a Competitive Age, on 16 March 2021. Billed as the biggest review of the UK's defence and security since the end of the Cold War, it sets out the UK's approach to the expected challenges of the next decade.
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Research Briefing
Disputes over the British Indian Ocean Territory: February 2021 update
This paper describes the main developments in the sovereignty dispute between the UK and Mauritius from 2013 to 2021 over the British Indian Ocean Territory.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Britons travelling abroad
The FCO has advised against all non-essential global travel and has urged Britons travelling abroad to return to the UK as soon as possible. MPs have questioned the government's response. Here we look at what the FCO has done to help British travellers return home and reaction from MPs and the media. The paper provides information on how to access FCO travel advice.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: a reading list of post-EU Referendum publications by Parliament and the Devolved Assemblies
This reading list brings together briefings on Brexit by the Parliamentary libraries and the Devolved Assembly research services with reports by Parliamentary and Devolved Assembly committees following the result of the EU Referendum on 23 June 2016.
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Research Briefing
Disputes over the British Indian Ocean Territory: December 2019 update
This paper has been replaced by another Library briefing paper: Disputes over the British Indian Ocean Territory: February 2021 update.
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