{"value":{"id":1745580,"askingMemberId":4066,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-11-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-12-02T00:00:00","uin":"16720","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Jonathan Powell has had meetings with (a) him and Ministers in his Department; (b) officials; (c) the Prime Minister; (d) Philippe Sands; (e) members of the Mauritian Government; (f) members of the (i) current and (ii) incoming US Administration; (g) representatives of the Chagossians and (h) other third parties on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory since 5 July 2024; and what the subject of each such meeting was.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4264,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-12-09T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In his role as BIOT envoy, and with the goal of securing an agreement that protects UK and US security interests, Jonathan Powell has engaged a range of stakeholders, including in the US and Mauritian governments, HMG Ministers and FCDO officials.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Chagos Islands: Sovereignty","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1745580","method":"GET"}]}