| Heading: |
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty |
| Question ID: |
1747936 |
| UIN: |
HL3300 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4163 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord German
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| Asking Member handle: |
mjgerman
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mjgerman
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the validity of the Maldives’ claim to sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
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| Answering Member handle: |
JennyChapman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JennyChapman
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| Answer text: |
The negotiations on the exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos Islands were between the UK and Mauritius, following a long-standing dispute. They were bilateral negotiations between the two countries: no other states were i... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |