Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 77039

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department agreed with Mauritius that the UK would not have the right to unilaterally extend the lease on the base at Diego Garcia.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282.