Written question asked by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Monday, 30 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 July 2025 (named day). It was answered by Stephen Doughty (Labour) on Monday, 7 July 2025 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61738 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, which Department will fund costs arising from the function of the Joint Commission; and whether his Department has discussed appointment to the Commission with potential candidates.
- Answer
-
The payments will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence.
As is clear from paragraph 2 of Annex 3, both the UK and Mauritius shall appoint one senior representative as co-chair of the Joint Commission and four additional representatives. The terms of reference of the Joint Commission will be finalised in the coming months, well ahead of entry into force.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 63530
- Session
- 2024-26
- Related items
- Subjects
- Costs Mauritius Sovereignty Chagos Islands
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2025-09-05 23:42:42 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/63530
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/63530
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/63530