Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 41830
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 27 March 2025
Answered: 3 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he will lay before Parliament the proposed treaty on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyBoth sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos Archipelago which protects the long-term effective operation of the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia. We continue to engage with Mauritius and are not going to provide a running...
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