| Heading: |
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty |
| Question ID: |
1805768 |
| UIN: |
54535 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5285 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Katie Lam
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Katie Lam
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a line in his Departmental budget for costs arising from the planned transfer of sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-06 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4682 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Luke Pollard
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| Answering Member handle: |
LukePollard
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LukePollard
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| Answer text: |
Costs relating to the Chagos agreement will be incurred from financial year 2026-27. These are being considered as part of the wider Government engagement on the second phase of the Spending Review, which concludes on 11 June 2025. The deal secures the un... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |