Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 30972

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Mark Francois

ConservativeRayleigh and Wickford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to revoke the status of the British Indian Ocean Territories as British Overseas Territories.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The political agreement, reached between the UK and Mauritius in October 2024, will need to be underpinned by a Treaty which, once signed, will be made public and put before both Houses for scrutiny consistent with the obligations under the Constitutional...

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