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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

If I am wrong, and they are happy to be numbered as so many Mauritian citizens, so be it. I do not think a single voice would be raised against a deal of the kind proposed if that were the case. However, if, despite all the wrongs and grievances that they have suffered, the people most involved want to retain British sovereignty, should we not, in a structured and formal way, allow them to make that position clear in a referendum?

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