Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 48890
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Government officials have been involved in the negotiations with Mauritius over the proposed treaty on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory s
Answer
Stephen DoughtyIt would be difficult to assess how many officials are working on the negotiations, given that we do not record and measure the amount of time spent on any one topic where an official covers a range of matters.