A question on #BritishIndianOceanTerritory #Sovereignty tabled by Priti Patel on 19-03-2025 has been answered by Stephen Doughty.

Heading: British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
Question ID: 1786299
UIN: 39405
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-19
Asking Member ID: 4066
Asking Member display name: Priti Patel
Asking Member handle: pritipatel
Asking Member Twitter reference: @pritipatel
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, under the provisions of the most recent draft of the proposed treaty between the UK and Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Territory on what date the proposed transfer of
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Date answered: 2025-03-26
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4264
Answering Member display name: Stephen Doughty
Answering Member handle: SDoughtyMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @SDoughtyMP
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Answer text: After signature, the Treaty will only come into force once both the UK and Mauritius have completed their own domestic procedures to enable ratification. For the UK, this will involve bringing forwards primary legislation as well as the usual Treaty scrut...
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Answering body ID: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tweeted: true