Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 64731

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Oral Statement of 7 October 2024 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Negotiations, Official Report, column 46, on what evidential basis he stated that Ma

Answer

Stephen Doughty
This formed part of the negotiations with the Government of Mauritius and was subsequently included in Article 2 of the Treaty.