Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 19 February 2008.
Meg Munn
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
2:30,
19 February 2008
I have already said that I do not excuse what happened previously: in that respect I agree with Andrew George. The matter is currently subject to a court process. Compensation has been paid—that has been legally agreed—and British citizenship given to all Chagos islanders. We await the outcome of the court hearing.
