UK government questioned on Chagossian involvement in Chagos Islands conservation
Glasgow North MP Patrick Grady has asked the government for details of Chagossian involvement in environmental protection of their homeland. In response to a series of questions (full text at bottom of this article) from the SNP MP, Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan admitted only 8 Chagossians have taken part in environmental protection programmes since 2012. He added that none of these had taken place in 2018. The Minister suggested that the government "encourage scien