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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 Bill

Contribution

In regard to this, we should not treat the Salisbury convention as a one-way street. Not only are we free to oppose the Bill, as no commitment to it was made in the Labour manifesto—at least, I cannot find such a commitment—but we have a responsibility to oppose it because it stands in direct contradiction to the relevant provisions in Labour’s July 2024 general election manifesto, which commits the Government to

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