§ Lord Waddingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why they now assert that the Channel Islands are dependent territories of the United Kingdom rather than self-governing Crown Dependencies as stated by the Lord Williams of Mostyn on 29 June 1999 (H.L. Deb., col. 170). [HL2143]
§ Lord BachThe Channel Islands (and the Isle of Man) are self-governing Crown Dependencies. My noble friend Lord Bassam of Brighton used the term "dependent or associated territories" in the reply he gave to the noble Lord on 17 April (Official Report, WA 79–80), because this is the generic term used for the non-metropolitan territories of member states of the European Union by the European Union Code of Conduct Group on Business Taxation.