| Heading: |
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty |
| Question ID: |
1809302 |
| UIN: |
57308 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4519 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James Cartlidge
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| Asking Member handle: |
jcartlidgemp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jcartlidgemp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Article 11, Clause 1 of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], what the annual sum paid to Mauritius is in cash terms. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4682 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Luke Pollard
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| Answering Member handle: |
LukePollard
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LukePollard
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| Answer text: |
The schedule of payments is set out in the finance exchange of letters that was published alongside the treaty. The estimated average annual payment value is £101 million over the initial 99-year period of the treaty. This has been calculated using the st... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |