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Diego Garcia: Military Bases

Asked by Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 28 March 2025UIN 41009

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the annual payment for the lease of Diego Garcia under the proposed Chagos Islands agreement will be funded from the defence budget; and what impact this will have on the Government’s commitment to increa

Answered by Luke Pollard

The funding arrangements for the treaty are still being finalised and no decision has been made at this time.

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