Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Human Rights Watch report That’s When the Nightmare Started: UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial Crimes, published in February 2023, what assessment they have made of the lawfulness and implications of preventing Chagossians from returning to the island of Diego Garcia.

Under the terms of the agreement, Mauritius will be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands other than Diego Garcia. The terms of resettlement will be for Mauritius to determine. We will also work with Mauritius to restart visits to the islands, including Diego Garcia, for Chagossians.