The Minister of State for the Department for International Development (DFID), Mr. Alan Duncan yesterday Monday, 30th January 2012, issued a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) to the UK Parliament.
The WMS informed Parliament on the progress made in the Turks & Caicos Islands towards achieving the milestones set out by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Henry Bellingham in an earlier WMS on 9 December 2010.
The progress report notes some of the main achievements against each of the eight milestones.
The WMS states that much work has been done by the TCI Government with support from the UK Government, the Canadian Government and the European Union and acknowledges the commitment made across the public service and by the people of the TCI.
The statement further notes that much is still to be achieved and a date for elections will be set when the milestones have been achieved.
The ministerial statement ends by indicating the UK Government still hopes they will be met for elections to take place during 2012.
Further details on the progress made against the milestones, were published in a paper from the Governor’s Office on 19th January 2012.
More on Minister Duncan’s contribution to parliament, in tomorrow’s newscast.
