Question follow-through · 50837

Chagossian Trust Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 given to Question 48885 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Development Aid, whether (a) British Chagossians will be represented in the go

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
8 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
19 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 8 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 given to Question 48885 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Development Aid, whether (a) British Chagossians will be represented in the go

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 May 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Rt Hon Member to the response given to her previous Question 32980 on the details of the Treaty.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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