Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 33512
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, whether the cost of the Chagos settlement will be funded from the announced rise to 2.5% of GDP for his Departmen
Answer
Luke PollardThe terms of the treaty are still being finalised, once the treaty is finalised it will be put before Parliament for scrutiny in the usual way.