Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 110757

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Tabled: 4 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Priti Patel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on discussions between Lord Mandelson and (a) the US Administration and (b) the National Security Adviser on the future of the Chagos Is

Answer

Stephen Doughty

I refer her to the Government's response to the Urgent Question tabled on 12th February, the Written Ministerial Statement in the name of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister that same day, and Oral Statement on the 23 February which set out an updat...

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