Question follow-through · 8178
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much financing his Department will contribute to the Chagos leasing settlement.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 9 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Strategic Defence Review · 10 Oct 2024
- Strategic Defence Review · 10 Oct 2024
- Future Combat Air System · 16 Oct 2024
- Strategic Defence Review · 16 Oct 2024
- Strategic Defence Review · 16 Oct 2024
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much financing his Department will contribute to the Chagos leasing settlement.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2024
Answer published
Details of the Treaty agreed between the UK and Mauritius will come before Parliament for scrutiny in the usual manner following its signature. It would be inappropriate to release further details at this stage.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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