Oral Question·Prime Minister
“If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 8 February.”
Tabled: 2 February 2023Answered: 8 February 2023
Asked by
Kerry McCarthy
Labour — Bristol East
Answering Minister
the Prime Minister
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Stephen Doughty)
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 that protects the long-term effective operation of the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia. Once the treaty is signed, it will be put to Parliament for scrutiny before ratification in the usual way.