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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

My point is not that we should be offended at the rejection of a British vessel, but rather that it was so obvious that the Republic of Mauritius did not have the capacity to even get to these islands that our Government offered a British vessel to take them there, as did the Indian Government.

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