This year's Lord High Commissioner, the Queen's representative at the General Assembly, is Lord Wilson of Tillyorn.

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One part of Martinique elected a pro-independence representative to the National Assembly last May.

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He remained an MP after quitting the government when Mr Blair left office and will replace Manchester Central MP Tony Lloyd as the British representative on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

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