Oral Question·Department for Exiting the European Union
“What recent steps the Government has taken to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.”
Tabled: 21 January 2019Answered: 24 January 2019
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Stephen Doughty)
As I have said many times in this House, Diego Garcia is a key strategic military asset for the United Kingdom, the United States and our allies, and ensuring its long-term operational security is and will continue to be our priority. We remain confident that the UK-Mauritius treaty is the best way to defend the future of the base. We are obviously disappointed with the delay, which I set out the other day, but we will continue to work with the United States and Mauritius on the way forward.