HC Deb 07 September 2004 vol 424 cc1060-1W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of which countries the Queen is the head of state. [186895]

Mr. Mullin

The Queen is the Sovereign and Head of State of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Her Majesty's Realms and Her Majesty's Overseas Territories.

HM Realms are:

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • The Bahamas

  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Canada
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • New Zealand
  • Papua New Guinea
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines Solomon Islands
  • Tuvalu

HM Overseas Territories are:

  • Anguilla
  • Bermuda
  • British Antarctic Territory
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Gibraltar
  • Montserrat
  • Pitcairn, Henderson, Dulcie and Oeno Islands
  • St Helena (and her Dependencies of Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha)
  • Falkland Islands (and her dependencit s of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
  • Turks and Caicos Island