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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 January 2026

Debate

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

Contribution

Then there is the betrayal of the Chagossian people, whose wishes have been completely ignored, particularly now that it has become clear, in the excellent recent report from the House’s International Relations and Defence Committee, that most of them want to remain British. They have no desire to be handed over against their will to a hostile foreign power that has trampled over their rights and discriminated against them for many years.

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