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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 25 November 2025
Debate
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillContribution
I thank the Library for pointing out so clearly that the legal basis for giving up the Chagos is not a judgment but an “advisory opinion”. The Government are playing by absurd rules that defy logic and common sense, and are not even rules anyway. This deal is all about Mauritius, in an arrangement where we will pay billions to give away our land so we can pay off their debts and pave their streets with gold, when we do not even have enough money to pay our pensioners their winter fuel allowance. It beggars belief.
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