Question follow-through · 35914
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason his Department resumed negotiations with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason his Department resumed negotiations with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2025
Answer published
Negotiations were started by the previous Conservative Government. This Government inherited a situation where the effective operation of the military base remained under threat and that is why negotiations resumed. The deal is rooted in a rational and ha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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