Priti Patel

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories on 5 February 2025, Official Report, col 760, on the future use

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether changes have been made to the mechanisms by which the proposed lease of the military base on Diego Garcia can be extended in the proposed UK-Mauritius Treaty since 3

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 28492 on the British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether he shared the (a) initial proposed Treaty and (b) rev

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date he took the decision to formally invite the new US Administration to review the proposed treaty between the UK and Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Territor

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list ministerial contacts with (a) ministers and (b) representatives of the government of Mauritius since July 2024.

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Mauritian counterpart on maintaining the British Indian Ocean Territory Marine Protected Area; and what representations he has received f

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Official Development Assistance will be used to fund the (a) trust fund for Chagossians and (b) economic partnership with Mauritius in the proposed UK-Mauritius Treat

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which ministers across Government have (a) been consulted and (b) taken part in negotiations on the UK-Mauritius Treaty.

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the (a) financial implications and (b) costs of the proposed UK-Mauritius Treaty.

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to deliver efficiency savings in his Department in (a) this financial year, (b) 2025-26 and (c) future financial years.

11 Feb 2025 · Attorney General

Attorney General's Office: Mauritius

To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) meetings and (b) discussions (i) the Attorney General and (ii) his officials have had with the representatives of the Government of Mauritius since July 2024.

11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) meetings and (b) discussions (i) the Prime Minister and (ii) his officials have had with their Mauritian counterparts since July 2024.

11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his next scheduled meeting is with representatives of the Chinese Government.

11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many counter proposals the Government has received from the Mauritian Government on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory since 3 October 2024.

11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) meetings and (b) discussions (i) he and (ii) Ministers from his Department have had with their Mauritian counterparts since July 2024.

11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has agreed any changes to (a) the proposed treaty and (b) financial arrangements connected to the agreement with Mauritius announced on 3 October 2024

4 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has received from his Mauritian counterpart since 15 January 2025.

4 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date the new US Administration began formal consideration of the proposed treaty with Mauritius.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the announcement of the appointment of an interim president in Syria; and whether he recognises that posit

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the displacement of people in Syria since December 2024.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what aid he plans to deliver to Syria in 2025.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent (a) arms, (b) drugs and (c) people trafficking through Syria.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) support the rights of (i) minority groups and (ii) women and girls and (b) promote religious freedoms in Syria since the appointment o

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department provides to organisations working to protect the (a) rights and (b) safety of the Ahmadi Muslim community in Pakistan.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister discussed proposals to (a) reduce the length of term of the proposed lease and (b) make changes to the financial arrangements for the proposed term

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding he plans to provide to Mauritius as part of official development assistance programmes in 2025.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he shared with the US Administration a copy of the proposed Treaty with Mauritius over the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last discussed the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory with the (a) US and (b) Mauritius government.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how funding to UNRWA announced in (a) July 2024 and (b) December 2024 has been spent; and whether conditions were imposed on funding provided to UNRWA since July 2024.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: UNRWA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of reports of Hamas using UNRWA facilities.