CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

FCDO* - CHAGOS ISLANDS AND UNCLOS (2) - 12 February 2026

FCDO* - CHAGOS ISLANDS AND UNCLOS (2) - 12 February 2026

Sir Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the utility of the provisions of Article 298 of UNCLOS for protecting UK interests in a territorial dispute within the jurisdiction of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea in respect of (a) the Falkland Islands, (b) Gibraltar and (c) any other British Overseas Territory.

[Due for Answer on 25 February]