Question follow-through · 63530
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61738 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, which Department will fund costs arising from the function of the Joint Commission; a
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61738 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, which Department will fund costs arising from the function of the Joint Commission; a
3 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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7 Jul 2025
Answer published
The payments will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence.As is clear from paragraph 2 of Annex 3, both the UK and Mauritius shall appoint one senior representative as co-chair of the Joint Commission ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions
2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 61737, tabled on 23 June 2025.
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department received legal advice on the imminence of legal rulings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Chagos Islands.