Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 64020
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether operations conducted by special forces will be subject to the notifications requirements of paragraph 2 of Annex 1 of the UK-Mauritius Treaty.
Answer
Luke PollardAs per longstanding Government policy, I can neither confirm nor deny information relating to UK Special Forces.Annex 1, paragraph 2 of the Chagos Archipelago Treaty, once it has entered into force, will not require the UK to divulge sensitive information...
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