Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 57981
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 6 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department first discussed the matter of Mauritius exercising full sovereignty over the Chagos Islands with (a) his international counterparts and (b) the Government
Answer
Stephen DoughtyAs the then Foreign Secretary's statement of 3 November 2022 describes, negotiations between the UK Government and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago were started by the previous Conserva...
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