Tag: Stephen Doughty

• Thursday, January 22nd 2026 - 01:55 UTC

  Falklands, Minister Doughty reaffirms support for the Islands and the Great British family

  

  ”We remain strong defenders of the Falkland Islands as part of our Great British family globally and we continue to work very closely with them on a range of trade and tariff issues, said Foreign Office minister for Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty during a question time in Parliament.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:21 UTC

  Falklands celebrates success of JMC week of discussions with UK and OTs officials

  

  Both hosts and participants underlined the success of the recent Join Ministerial Council 2925 held in London and which brings together UK ministers and officials with Overseas Territories’ representatives.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:44 UTC

  UK Overseas Territories’ wildlife hotspots to benefit under new strategy

  

  For first time UK government and all our Overseas Territories unite behind a joint ambitious and actionable biodiversity strategy. This strategy is published as leaders from the UK Overseas Territories and UK Ministers gathered in London for the Joint Ministerial Council. UK’s Overseas Territories are home to 94% of the UK’s unique species and a quarter of the world’s penguins. In total over 1,800 endemic species live in the Overseas Territories.

• Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 04:50 UTC

  Falklands intends to implement the Beneficial Ownership Register by July 2026

  

  Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which includes Overseas Territories has stated that illicit finance, corruption, and kleptocracy pose a direct threat to the UK’s national security, economic resilience, and the integrity of the global financial system.

• Thursday, March 13th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  House of Commons question on beneficial ownership registers in Overseas Territories

  

  British Members or Parliament continued to discuss the implementation of publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers in the overseas territories, to which the Falkland Islands and St Helena committed to join by April 2025..

• Wednesday, February 5th 2025 - 05:41 UTC

  Minister Doughty, “C24 is outdated”, but UK government supports OTs right to address UN Special Committee

  

  The position of Overseas Territories, on the United Nations list of Non-Self--Governing Territories was recently discussed in British Parliament. The issue was brought up by Conservative Member of Parliament Blake Stephenson on January 30th session.

• Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 09:48 UTC

  UK “absolutely resolutely committed to the sovereignty and self-determination of Gibraltar and the Falklands”

  

  “We are absolutely resolutely committed to the sovereignty and self-determination of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands,” said Stephen Doughty MP and Minister of State for the Overseas Territories on a question from a fellow Labour MP, Portsmouth North, Amanda Martin during the Wednesday Parliament session.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

  The five principles guiding Overseas Territories association with UK, ‘as vital members of the global British Family’

  

  The British Minister for the Overseas Territories and elected Leaders and Representatives of the UK Overseas Territories, met as the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) on 19 to 21 November 2024 in London.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

  Falklands MLA Spink present at the Joint Ministerial Council in London with other OTs democratically elected

  

  Roger Spink, member of the democratically elected Legislative Assembly from the Falkland Islands, is taking part in the annual Joint Ministerial Council at the Foreign Office in London, next to representatives from twelve other Overseas Territories.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Argos Georgia rescue: Falklands Stanley hospital ready to receive survivors

  

  The lastest update from the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority, Tuesday 23 July, 2024 approximately 15:00 hours Falklands time, said that on Monday 22 July 2024, the Maritime Authority received information that the fishing vessel Argos Georgia, with 27 persons onboard, was taking on water and requesting assistance some 200 miles east of Stanley.