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Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-Afl)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 October 2024

Debate

British Indian Ocean Territory: Negotiations

Contribution

My Lords, it has been refreshing to hear the Minister be quite pragmatic in her explanation about what has occurred. Does she agree that it is unhelpful when some Ministers pose this as some kind of heroic anti-colonial victory? And how does she feel about the fact that Chagossian voices feel as though they have been treated with contempt, especially when their aspirations for self-determination are written off as romantic and naive? There is a sense of betrayal. How will she tackle that?

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