Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 58962

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 11 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Priti Patel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57196 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether changes were made to the (a) indexation measure for payments,

Answer

Stephen Doughty

There has been no change to the terms of extension in the treaty. The treaty will last for 99 years and can be extended, securing the base well into the next century. As referenced in the UK/Mauritius joint statement on 3 October regarding the political a...

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