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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Mauritius has requested in (a) reparations and (b) annual subsidy in the negotiations on sovereignty of the Chagos islands.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 7 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jan 2025
Answer: 15 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Mauritius has requested in (a) reparations and (b) annual subsidy in the negotiations on sovereignty of the Chagos islands.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2025
Answer published
A financial element was crucial to securing the agreement between the UK and Mauritius on 3 October. It is not normal practice to reveal payments for military bases and we have not done so for any other base. Further details of the Treaty will be put befo...

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