Question follow-through · 24737
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list all meetings (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials in his Department have had on the transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 17 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 31 Jan 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list all meetings (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials in his Department have had on the transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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31 Jan 2025
Answer published
Negotiations with Mauritius on sovereignty of BIOT / the Chagos Archipelago began in November 2022. Since then, there have been 13 rounds of negotiations, including two rounds under the current UK Government. The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary met t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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