Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 64019

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 1 July 2025

Answered: 15 July 2025

Question

Priti Patel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether papers from the previous Government were disclosed to Ministers in the Administration relating to the UK-Mauritius negotiations.

Answer

Stephen Doughty

The Government has complied with the guidance set out in the Cabinet Manual on the access to papers of a previous administration.