Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39405 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether the (a) legislation and (b) treaty will contain details of the (i) lease length and extension provisions, (ii) costs and payment schedule, (iii) provisions on sovereignty, (iv) provisions on buffer zones, (v) provisions on the marine protected area and (vi) provisions on enabling returns and visits by Chagossians.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the response given to her previous Questions 39402 and 39403 on the details of the treaty.