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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 November 2025

Debate

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

Contribution

On Amendments 5, 23 and 30, I state once again that the full costs of the treaty have already been published. Additionally, we cannot provide an assessment of the financial implications for the United States—that would be for the United States itself to publish and deliver. As the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, informed us on Second Reading, investment from the United States stopped once the legal uncertainty emerged, and I am hoping that it will resume.

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