Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Commons · Question 111937 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department held with the Mauritian Government on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in (a) January 2009 and (b) July 2009.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 12 Feb 2026
The then government explained to Parliament in 2009 that the purpose of the meetings in 2009 was to establish a dialogue between the UK and Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Territory. Officials set out their respective views on the issue of sovereign...