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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Commons · Question 60001 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it his Departments policy to permit the Chagossian people a say over their self-determination.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 25 Jun 2025

These negotiations were necessarily between the UK and Mauritius. We continue to engage with Chagossian communities. The Foreign Secretary and I met groups on 22 May 2025.