§ Mr. MacDougallTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the modernising of the St. Helena constitution. [150095]
§ Mr. Rammell[holding answer 22 January 2004]Councillors from St. Helena will be visiting London next week for a further round of talks with FCO officials on the proposed new Constitution. The intention is to have a new Constitution in place in time for the next dissolution of the Legislative Council in July 2005.
§ Mr. MacDougallTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the principal reasons were for Her Majesty's Government's refusal to accept the St. Helena proposals for a new constitution. [150096]
§ Mr. Rammell[holding answer 22 January 2004]Discussions are still in progress on a revised constitution for St. Helena. Two councillors from St. Helena, 63W accompanied by their constitutional adviser, are due in London this week to participate in a further round of talks with Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials