§ Mr. MacDougallTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether a new constitution for St. Helena has been agreed. [165508]
§ Mr. RammellI have been asked to reply.
A new constitution for St. Helena has not yet been agreed. Discussions are ongoing between Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials and St. Helena Councillors with a view to having a new constitution in place in time for the next dissolution of the Legislative Council in July 2005.