Question follow-through · 64733
Diego Garcia: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Oral Statement of 7 October 2024 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Negotiations, Official Report, column 46, on what evidential basis he stated that th
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Oral Statement of 7 October 2024 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Negotiations, Official Report, column 46, on what evidential basis he stated that th
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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15 Jul 2025
Answer published
As the Foreign Secretary said in his statement in October 2024, the UK negotiated a right to extend the duration of the Treaty beyond 99 years. This formed part of the negotiations with the Government of Mauritius and was subsequently included in Article ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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