To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 27 March (WA 251), what are their differences of opinion with Pitcairn's locally elected Government.

Governance on Pitcairn consists of an elected Island Council which works with, and advises, the Governor, who exercises executive authority. These arrangements are clearly set out in the Pitcairn constitution. It is entirely appropriate, and healthy, for there to be different views on different issues within the Government of Pitcairn and between the Island Council and the British Government. It would be inappropriate, however, to detail those individual issues which form a frank but productive dialogue.