Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 31256
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 26 February 2025
Question
Peter Lamb
Labour — Crawley
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Mauritian counterpart on Chagossians returning to the Chagos Archipelago being able to undertake (a) subsistence and (b) commercial fishi
Answer
Stephen DoughtyMauritius will be free to resettle the islands, other than Diego Garcia. It will be for Mauritius to set the terms of and manage any future resettlement. Ministers and officials continue to engage with their Mauritian counterparts as part of routine bilat...
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