Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 19 February 2008.
Meg Munn
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
2:30,
19 February 2008
The overseas territories have a significant degree of internal self-governance. In general, the Government of each territory is responsible for the provision of services to their residents. The UK Government are responsible for the territories' defence, external relations and internal security. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the UK's relationship with the Crown dependencies.
