Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 29378

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

ConservativeBromsgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reasons the Government started negotiations with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
Negotiations were started by the previous Conservative Government.