Question follow-through · 26970
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to WPQ 8165 answered on 29 July 2026 about Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Developm
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to WPQ 8165 answered on 29 July 2026 about Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Developm
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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14 Sept 2026
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the response I provided to his question 26635 of 2 September 2026. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-02/26635
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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Veterans: Workplace Pensions
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Veterans: Workplace Pensions
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to WPQ 21894 answered on 7 September 2026 about Veterans Workplace Pensions, what the published turnaround time is for CEV requests.