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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Asked by Dr Luke EvansConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 10 September 2025UIN 74392

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64094 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing the payments to Ma

Answered by Stephen Doughty

Details of payments have already been published in the exchange of letters accompanying the Treaty and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum.

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