Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 4:13 pm ar 12 Mawrth 2024.
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
Foreign Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
4:13,
12 Mawrth 2024
What I can promise my noble friend is that we will work very closely with the Turks and Caicos Islands Government. As he knows, we are currently funding police officers there and helping with border security. As I said, we will send this reconnaissance mission to help them with their border security. If there are additional burdens and needs, I am sure that we will entertain them. My colleague, Minister Rutley, who has worked very hard at all the Caricom relations, will be leading on this issue.
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