Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Commons · Question 109314 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 9 Feb 2026
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Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the policy reasons why his Department commenced negotiations with the Government of Mauritius on the sovereignty of a) Diego Garcia a
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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 9 Feb 2026
In 2009/10 interactions between the UK and Mauritius focussed on the creation of the Marine Protected Area (MPA), which the UK declared in 2010 and which Mauritius objected to. It was not until 2022, under the previous government, that negotiations regard...