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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Commons · Question 22626 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) engagement and (b) consultation he (i) has had and (ii) plans to have with parliamentarians on the treaty with Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 14 Jan 2025

As well as responding to numerous parliamentary and urgent questions regarding negotiations with Mauritius around the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) treaty. In December 2024 I met with the Chagos All party Parliamentary Group (APPG) where I briefed...