Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 22492

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 7 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025

Question

Alex Easton

IndependentNorth Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Mauritius has requested in (a) reparations and (b) annual subsidy in the negotiations on sovereignty of the Chagos islands.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
A financial element was crucial to securing the agreement between the UK and Mauritius on 3 October. It is not normal practice to reveal payments for military bases and we have not done so for any other base. Further details of the Treaty will be put befo...

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