Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to make a decision on the entrustment to facilitate a trade agreement between Jersey and Rwanda.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The Ministry of Justice has received a request from the Government of Jersey for a letter of entrustment to negotiate bilateral investment treaties with third countries. We are currently consulting other Government Departments on this request and will provide a response to the Government of Jersey in due course.