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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Commons · Question 50068 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 12 May 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish the finalised text of the proposed treaty with Mauritius on the matter of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 12 May 2025

Once the treaty is signed it will be put before both Houses for scrutiny before ratification in the usual way.