On Wednesday 3 July there will be a short Westminster Hall debate on the future of the Chagos Islands. SNP MP Patrick Grady - also Vice-Chair of the Chagos Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group - is leading the debate, which will last half an hour and begins at 4:00PM. The debate is formally titled 'UK General Assembly resolution on the future of the Chagos Islands,' and so will most likely focus on the reaction to the recent UN General Assembly vote that advised the UK to g

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