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All British citizens in overseas territories should have say in UK Parliament, says Picardo

The Chief Minister has argued that all British citizens in overseas territories should have the right to vote in UK parliamentary elections. Fabian Picardo addressed the House of Commons Committee on territorial constitution, looking at the relationship between the UK Parliament and the territories. He said the UK Government's new "Votes for Life" policy mean all Gibraltarians who have previously lived in the UK, for example as students, can now register to vote in its general elections - regardless of how long ago they lived there. However, Fabian Picardo highlighted that, overall, there is no formal mechanism to ensure Gibraltar's interests are represented under the constituency system - just the voluntary interest of individual MPs, such as those in the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gibraltar The Chief Minister acknowledged the difficulty of finding a system to accommodate Westminster representation and Gibraltarian self-governance - but said the"Pandora's Box" of devolution had opened a window to how this could be addressed.