| Heading: |
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty |
| Question ID: |
1791717 |
| UIN: |
43632 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5262 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alex Easton
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Alex Easton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on the Chagossian people of transferring sovereignty of the British Indi |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-11 |
| 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: |
We have worked hard to ensure this agreement reflects the importance of the islands to Chagossians. We will finance a new trust fund for Mauritius to use in support of the Chagossian community. We will also work with Mauritius to start a new programme of... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |