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Diego Garcia: Military Bases

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 33701

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, whether payments to Mauritius for the continued lease of the Diego Garcia military base will be

Answered by Luke Pollard

The terms of the treaty are still being finalised, once the treaty is finalised it will be put before Parliament for scrutiny in the usual way.

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