| Heading: |
Diego Garcia: Military Bases |
| Question ID: |
1792074 |
| UIN: |
43855 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4066 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Priti Patel
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| Asking Member handle: |
pritipatel
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@pritipatel
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a formal request to the US to support the costs of the proposed lease for the military base at Diego Garcia. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-11 |
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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 treaty 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 scrut... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |