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Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 17 March 2026UIN 117536

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87342 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what his planned timetable is for deciding whether the Chagos Islands Treaty will be scored against the 5% NATO targets

Answered by Luke Pollard

Decisions on the NATO qualifying status of these costs will be considered in the usual way, once the Treaty has entered into force.

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