Question follow-through · 25781
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the closest island to the Chagos archipelago is that is not part of the UK deal with Mauritius.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the closest island to the Chagos archipelago is that is not part of the UK deal with Mauritius.
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2025
Answer published
The closest land to the Chagos group is the Maldives islands with Gan, part of Addu atoll (also known as Seenu Atoll) as the most southerly point.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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