Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

(asked on 3rd July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what payments to Mauritius under the UK-Mauritius Treaty will be included in the UK’s calculation of the (a) 3.5% core defence spending and (b) defence-related investments.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 11th July 2025

The NATO qualifying status of these costs will be considered in the usual way.

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