Written questions

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Commons · Question 10968 · Tabled 24 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports that the British High Commissioner to Mauritius’ phone conversations were leaked; and if

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 4 Nov 2024

The reported event occurred prior to the launch of negotiations in November 2022. This is the subject of an ongoing police investigation in Mauritius, and we are unable to provide further comment.