Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory.”
Tabled: 21 October 2026Answered: 27 October 2026
Asked by
Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative — South West Wiltshire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Davies-Jones)
I recently met the chief coroner. We did not discuss the specifics of this issue, but coroners have a statutory duty to investigate deaths that are not reported to them if they suspect that the cause is unknown, violent or unnatural, or that the death occurred in custody or other state detention.