| Heading: |
Diego Garcia: Military Bases |
| Question ID: |
1792793 |
| UIN: |
44403 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-07 |
| Asking Member ID: |
415 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Fabian Hamilton
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Fabian Hamilton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether there are provisions in the agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands for the United States government to contribute financially to the maintenance of the Diego G |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4264 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Doughty
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| Answering Member handle: |
SDoughtyMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SDoughtyMP
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| Answer text: |
The deal will be between the UK and Mauritius. The base is an essential part of the UK-US defence relationship, and the US contributes a great deal to the operating cost of the base. Once the treaty is signed it will be put before both Houses for scrutiny... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |