Alistair Carmichael – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alistair Carmichael on 2016-07-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the latest arrangements are between the UK and US governments on holding detainees in Diego Garcia.

Sir Alan Duncan

The US provides the UK with an annual assurance that they have not held any detainees in, nor transported any detainees through, the territorial land, air or seas of the United Kingdom or its territories. The latest assurance was sent on 27 June 2016. Diego Garcia is one of the UK territories.