Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 61127
Diego Garcia: Military Bases
Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 27 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Mark Francois
Conservative — Rayleigh and Wickford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a judicial review of a Minister's actions in relation to the use of Diego Garcia would be allowed under Article 4 of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe Treaty between the UK and Mauritius regarding sovereignty is not capable of being a source of domestic rights or obligations save to the extent that in due course Parliament enacts provision for them.