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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 BillContribution
When we do terminate, in some circumstances we would like to know if that was just the end of it, and in others, whether it meant it reverted to the status quo ante. If it is the result of Mauritius having behaved in an appalling way, surely, we should be able to go back and say, well, at least the sovereignty of Diego Garcia returns to Britain; ideally, it would be the whole archipelago. But that is not written into the agreement, and I would like to see them endeavouring to do so.
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