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The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Baroness Chapman of Darlington) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 April 2025

Debate

Chagos Islands

Contribution

My Lords, as we and Mauritius have repeatedly said, including in joint statements on 20 December and 13 January, both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos archipelago which protects the long-term effective operation of the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia. Although it is in everyone’s interest to progress the deal quickly, we have never put an exact date on it and we do not intend to. Following signature, the Government will bring forward a Bill to enable implementation of the treaty, and Parliament will have the opportunity to scrutinise the treaty before ratification.

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