Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 28472
Diego Garcia: Military Bases
Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Mark Francois
Conservative — Rayleigh and Wickford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy that the proposed leaseback for Diego Garcia is renewable.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe existing policy is, and will remain, that the agreement will have a duration of 99 years from entry into force, extendable with the agreement of both parties and the first right of refusal.