Created: May 16, 2025 03:55 PM (Updated: May 16, 2025 05:09 PM)
Dennis Lister, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, shakes hands with King Charles III during a meeting in London (Photograph supplied)
Dennis Lister, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, met King Charles III in London this week.
Mr Lister shared updates on Bermuda’s House of Assembly, the oldest continuous parliament outside Westminster, with the King.
King Charles received him in a private audience, during which he expressed condolences on the passing of the Speaker’s wife, Miranda Lister.
Kimberley Durrant and Brandon Sousa, from the London Office, supported Mr Lister while he took part in the Commons and Overseas Territories Speakers’ Conference.
Participants in the conference, hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, discussed issues such as parliamentary independence, transparency, security and the emergence of artificial intelligence with fellow Speakers and UK Members of Parliament.
Mr Lister, who has been a Progressive Labour Party MP for Sandys since 1989, was also recognised as one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in the Overseas Territories.
Dennis Lister, Speaker of the House of Assembly, with Brandon Sousa and Kimberley Durrant, from the London Office, at the Commons and Overseas Territories Speakers’ Conference (Photograph supplied)
A government spokeswoman said: “The continued success of COTSC emphasises the value of principled engagement on matters of mutual parliamentary interest.
“Mr Lister’s participation reaffirms Bermuda’s long history of independent legislation, strong parliamentary procedure and political maturity.”
