Turks and Caicos Islands
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress he has made on the return of self-government in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Henry Bellingham (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Africa and the United Nations), Foreign and Commonwealth Office; North West Norfolk, Conservative)
In December 2010 the Minister of State for International Development, my right hon. Friend Mr Duncan, and I set out eight milestones to be met before elections could be held. Significant recent progress includes: a new constitution and Crown land policy, recruitment of new senior public servants, and an ambitious programme of tax and public expenditure reform.