Written Question·Treasury·UIN 40458
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025
Question
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget assumptions her Department has provided to the Office for Budget Responsibility on the potential costs to the public purse relating to the proposed treaty with Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Terri
Answer
Darren JonesAs usual, the OBR will include costs in its forecast once the approach to implementation of government policy is clear. In this case, that will be after any agreement has been scrutinised by Parliament and then ratified. Financial obligations arising from...
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