Stephen Doughty corrected a written answer on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour, Clapham and Brixton Hill) asked written question 90351 on 12 November 2025. Stephen Doughty answered on 17 November 2025 for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Stephen Doughty corrected the answer on 20 November 2025. The corrected text adds the figure £40 million, which the original did not give. Altogether 50 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the £40 million Trust Fund for Chagossians under the agreement with Mauritius forms part of the £40 million support package for Chagossians pledged in 2016.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| No. The £40 million Trust Fund for Chagossians under the Agreement with Mauritius is entirely separate from the support package for Chagossians pledged in 2016. As we have said, this Government will scale-up HMG’s support for Chagossians in the UK and elsewhere. |
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Receipt
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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