Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 10968
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 24 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024
Question
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Conservative — Chingford and Woodford Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports that the British High Commissioner to Mauritius’ phone conversations were leaked; and if
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe reported event occurred prior to the launch of negotiations in November 2022. This is the subject of an ongoing police investigation in Mauritius, and we are unable to provide further comment.