| Heading: |
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty |
| Question ID: |
1812031 |
| UIN: |
59309 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-12 |
| 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, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution at Prime Ministers Questions on 11 June 2025, Official Report, column 969, on what evidential basis he said that (a) |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
| 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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The deal to secure the base on Diego Garcia is vital for our national security.Our Five Eyes allies - the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada - as well as India, South Korea and Japan, all put out formal statements welcoming the deal.There are clear safegu... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |