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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 BillContribution
The Government may say that they are confident in their legal position. If that is so, they have nothing to fear from waiting a matter of weeks for the judgment to be handed down, considered and reported to Parliament. If the Government are not prepared to wait, as I said earlier, we must ask why.
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