Tag: Keith Biles LegCo Speaker

• Monday, December 15th 2025 - 19:44 UTC

  Falklands, First Sitting of the new Legislative Assembly

  

  The Falkland Islands newly elected Legislative Assembly held its first sitting Monday 15th December following the General Election on the 11th of December. At the sitting, all Members swore the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Due Execution of Office, marking the commencement of the 2025-2029 Assembly’s term.

• Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 06:15 UTC

  Falklands present at BOTs and UK Speakers’ conference on using AI in Legislatures

  

  Hosted by the Speaker of the UK House of Commons, Honorable Sir Lindsay Hoyle, MP, the 4th Commons and Overseas Territories Speakers’ Conference (COTSC) took place in London from May 13 to 16, 2025.

• Saturday, April 13th 2024 - 22:20 UTC

  Falklands Legislative Assembly Speaker at Turks and Caicos Conference

  

  The third Commons and Overseas Territories Speakers’ Conference (COTSC) was held in the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos Islands during the first week of April with the participation among others of Keith Biles, JP, Speaker of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2023 - 03:20 UTC

  Falklands Youth Parliament and 'future lawmakers' address the Legislative Assembly

  

  Members of the Falkland Islands Youth Parliament spoke in Legislative Assembly at the end of July, putting forward a motion concerning the mental health of young people in the Falklands, an issue which the Youth Parliament agreed as a group to pursue over the course of a year at the beginning of their tenures.

• Friday, April 7th 2023 - 19:50 UTC

  Falklands attends Overseas Territories Speakers' Conference

  

  The 2nd Commons and Overseas Territories Speakers’ Conference (COTSC) has been held at the Anguilla House of Assembly from 3 to 5 April 2023 on the theme of ‘Deepening Parliamentary Democracy in the British Overseas Territories - A Roadmap to 2030’. Falklands was represented by Keith Biles, Speaker for the Legislative Assembly.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Dual nationality and right to vote in Falklands: Assembly's Speaker draft statement

  

  This week, Falkland Islands’ Legislative Assembly Speaker Keith Biles gave a draft statement on the matter of persons holding dual nationality to vote in elections or to hold office.

• Friday, November 17th 2017 - 07:31 UTC

  Falklands' Executive Council: MLAs Teslyn Barkman, Roger Spink and Leona Roberts

  

  Two significant items of business were conducted during the first meeting of the newly elected Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands. The first was the election by members of the Speaker of the House and his or her Deputy.