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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 January 2026

Debate

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

Contribution

For a whole bunch of reasons, I do not believe that the legal position is “as it is”. I am not going to make another Second Reading speech, but the jurisdiction of this court expressly excludes it from disputes between two Commonwealth countries, and a number of the premises on which the original decision was made have subsequently been falsified.

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