Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the joint statement of 3 October between the governments of Mauritius and the UK announcing that political agreement had been reached on the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, what steps they are taking to ensure that all the Chagossian groups (1) in the UK, and (2) elsewhere, are consulted ahead of signing of the treaty.

Ministers and officials will continue to regularly engage with members of the Chagossian community in the UK, Mauritius and Seychelles on a range of issues, including on the implementation of the agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius. We recognise the importance of the islands to Chagossians and have worked to ensure this state-to-state agreement reflects their interests.