Written question asked by Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 2 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 September 2019 (named day). It was answered by Christopher Pincher (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 September 2019 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2019 to Question 277209, which paragraphs in Chapter VI of the Award of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Tribunal of March 2015 conclude that the 1965 Agreement to the detachment of the Chagos Archipelago was legally binding upon both Mauritius and the United Kingdom.