Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3(e) of Annex 1 of the document entitled UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (CS Mauritius No.1/2025), what steps his Department is planning to ensure the departure of any security force from the Chagos Archipelago whose continued presence is not agreed under paragraph 3(d).

The Treaty clearly states a strict prohibition on foreign security forces operating in the Chagos Archipelago without UK consent. If a security force is operating in the Chagos Archipelago without the joint agreement of the UK and Mauritius, we will cooperate as necessary, to prevent or otherwise bring to an end such activity.