Question follow-through · 52840
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK-Mauritius Treaty on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands will be signed before the House rises for summer recess.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 16 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK-Mauritius Treaty on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands will be signed before the House rises for summer recess.
20 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Treaty was signed on 22 May and secures the long-term operation of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. A copy of the Treaty was deposited in the House and can be found at the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukmauritius...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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