| Heading: |
Diego Garcia: Military Bases |
| Question ID: |
1809767 |
| UIN: |
57675 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| 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, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia, published on 22 May 2025, on the level of contributions from the United S |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-10 |
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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 US continues to pay for the operating and maintenance costs of the Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia. Our initial assessment is that the UK/Mauritius Agreement is unlikely to have any significant impact, in the short-term, on the operating and ma... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |