Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 182669
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 25 April 2023
Answered: 4 May 2023
Question
Rosie Duffield
Independent — Canterbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the viability of members of the Chagossian community returning to the Chagos Islands.
Answer
We recognise this is an important issue for many Chagossians.
We are not in a position to provide detail on the content of ongoing negotiations on the exercise of sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos Archipelago or speculate on possible outcomes.