Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 25 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 February 2008. It was answered by Meg Munn (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 March 2008 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
British Indian Ocean Territory: Military Bases
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Statement of 21 February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), whether he plans to (a) review and (b) seek changes to the agreement between the UK and the US on the military use of the Chagos Islands.
- Answer
-
The 1966 Exchange of Notes, by which the British Indian Ocean Territory was set aside for the defence purposes of the UK and the US, will continue in force for a further period of 20 years beyond 2016, unless it is duly terminated. The UK and US will of course continue to consult closely on their mutual defence needs.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 472 c2354W; 190233
- Session
- 2007-08
- Related items
-
Terrorist Suspects (Renditions)
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
- Subjects
- British Indian Ocean Territory Military bases
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2019-12-16 11:00:22 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1303870
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1303870
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1303870