Bermuda’s lack of representation in the UK Parliament and how it can be addressed will be the subject of discussion in the House of Commons next week.

In a hearing scheduled for Monday, the Commons Procedure Committee will hear evidence from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK and Peter Clegg, Dean of Social Sciences at the University of the West of England, as part of its inquiries into the territorial constitution.

A statement from the committee said: “The reopened inquiry will examine options for Overseas Territories representation within the House of Commons Committee mechanism and in proceedings more generally.

“Witnesses may expect to be asked about changes to House procedures around legislative consent and transparency, how parliamentary select committees can work more collaboratively with Overseas Territories and about issues around direct representation.”

The hearing will be broadcast live on Parliament Live, with the session to start at 12.10pm Bermuda time.

Karen Bradley, the chairman of the Procedure Committee, said: “The UK has 14 Overseas Territories, ten of which are inhabited.

“The inhabited territories have their own executive and legislature systems, but no direct representation in the UK Parliament.

“Our inquiry will explore Parliament’s role in creating legislation that impacts the Overseas Territories, the options for reform and what effective representation could look like.”

Earlier this year, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee of MPs launched an inquiry into the constitutional relationship between the UK and its Overseas Territories.

William Wragg, the chairman of the committee, said in April that there was no “one-size- fits-all” blueprint for Britain’s relationship with individual territories.

He said: “Each territory has its own legislative processes and bespoke relationship with the UK, but with no official representation in UK Parliament, these constitutional arrangements are often misunderstood or overlooked.

“We recognise that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ framework for relations between the UK and the Overseas Territories, but by better understanding how existing arrangements operate in practice, we can better assess whether they are satisfactory and appropriate in the 21st century.”

The relationship between the UK and Bermuda has been the subject of renewed discussion in the wake of the British foreign secretary withholding Royal Assent on cannabis licensing laws on the basis that they would violate the UK’s international treaty obligations.

Kathy-Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Reform, said last November that the UK Government’s actions had the effect of “erasure or neutering” local policies.

In May, members of the House of Commons argued Britain was right to block Bermuda from legalising cannabis but the island should have had a voice in negotiating the international treaty that led to the impasse.