United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76561
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
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11 September 2025
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22 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department received legal advice on the imminence of legal rulings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Chagos Islands.
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11 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department received legal advice on the imminence of legal rulings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Chagos Islands.
Source: Commons
22 September 2025
Answer
The Government's position in relation to the UK-Mauritius treaty has been informed by legal advice throughout. The Government's legal position was set out on 22 May when the treaty was signed, and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-s...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-11/76561
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1834362
- uk · wq-1834362 · source updated 22 September 2025