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Lord Bellingham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 January 2026

Debate

Diego Garcia: Comments by the President of the United States

Contribution

My Lords, I worked out that this Minister and other Ministers have told Parliament on over 50 occasions that the treaty can go ahead only with American support. It is not just the President of the United States who condemned the deal: Marco Rubio did the same, as did Scott Bessent, who said that, if the deal goes ahead, our FTA could be put at risk, thus jeopardising thousands of jobs in this country. Surely, the Minister should be statesmanlike and now insist that we put everything on hold pending grown-up talks with the American Administration.

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