Question follow-through · 29495
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost is of the financial settlement for the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost is of the financial settlement for the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
Details of the proposed treaty will be set out when it is laid before Parliament.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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