Member

Amendment 58 from the noble Lord, Lord Weir, seeks to stipulate that we produce a report alongside the US on the security scenarios regarding the leasing of the other islands. This is born from misinformation about the ability of China to establish a military base on another island in the Chagos Archipelago. The provisions we have agreed under the treaty expressly prevent any action such as this. The treaty lays out that it cannot happen without agreement. There are security review provisions which are engaged by any proposal for development in the land territory of the Chagos Archipelago beyond Diego Garcia. Other provisions require UK consent to the presence of any non-UK security forces.