Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 116738

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist PartyStrangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to pause the passage of the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill until the Metropolitan Police investigation into

Answer

Stephen Doughty
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 2 March to question 111415.