Chagos Islands

EDM number 960 in 2009-10, proposed by Diane Abbott on 01/03/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Overseas territories.

That this House believes that the interests of the Chagossian people and of Mauritius must be fully protected in the proposed Marine Protected Area; urges the Government to withdraw its case from the European Court of Human Rights and to settle out of court, as already suggested by the Court; and requests the Prime Minister to engage with Mauritius and the Chagossians, before the general election, in order to initiate discussion on an overall settlement of the issues, including timetable for eventual transfer of sovereignty of the Outer Islands to Mauritius and provision for a limited settlement on the Outer Islands.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.