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Publications and Debates

Date Type Title
4th November 2025 2nd reading
22nd October 2025 Delegated Powers Memorandum Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
21st October 2025 1st reading
21st October 2025 1st reading: Minutes of Proceedings
21st October 2025 Explanatory Notes HL Bill 139 Explanatory Notes
21st October 2025 Bill HL Bill 139 (as brought from the Commons)
20th October 2025 3rd reading
20th October 2025 Committee of the whole House
20th October 2025 Selection of amendments: Commons Chairman of Ways and Means’s provisional grouping and selection of amendments - large print - 20 October 2025
20th October 2025 Selection of amendments: Commons Chairman of Ways and Means’s provisional grouping and selection of amendments - 20 October 2025
20th October 2025 Bill proceedings: Commons Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 20 October 2025
20th October 2025 Amendment Paper Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 20 October 2025 - large print
20th October 2025 Amendment Paper Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 20 October 2025
17th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notices of Amendments as at 17 October 2025
17th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notices of Amendments as at 17 October 2025 - large print
16th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notices of Amendments as at 16 October 2025
16th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notices of Amendments as at 16 October 2025 - large print
15th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notices of Amendments as at 15 October 2025
15th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notices of Amendments as at 15 October 2025 - large print
14th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notices of Amendments as at 14 October 2025
14th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notices of Amendments as at 14 October 2025 - large print
10th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notice of Amendments as at 10 October 2025 - large print
10th October 2025 Amendment Paper Notice of Amendments as at 10 October 2025
9th September 2025 2nd reading
9th September 2025 Programme motion
8th September 2025 Briefing papers 2025 treaty on the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos Archipelago
5th September 2025 Briefing papers Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill 2024-25
15th July 2025 1st reading
15th July 2025 Bill Bill 285 2024-25 (as introduced)
15th July 2025 Bill Bill 285 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml download
15th July 2025 Delegated Powers Memorandum Delegated Powers Memorandum from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
15th July 2025 Human rights memorandum Human Rights Memorandum
15th July 2025 Explanatory Notes Bill 285 EN 2024-25
15th July 2025 Explanatory Notes Bill 285 EN 2024-25 - large print
15th July 2025 Bill Bill 285 2024-25 (as introduced) - large print

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill 2024-26 mentioned

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9 Sep 2025, 1:53 p.m. - House of Commons
"Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill "
Luke Pollard MP, The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript
11 Sep 2025, 11:54 a.m. - House of Commons
"Diego Garcia military base and British Indian Ocean Territory bill. "
Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Tynemouth, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Jul 2025, 2:04 p.m. - House of Commons
" Diego Garcia military base and British Indian Ocean Territory bill. "
Presentation of Bills - View Video - View Transcript
20 Oct 2025, 6:36 p.m. - House of Commons
"Order! >> Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill. "
Legislation: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages - View Video - View Transcript
20 Oct 2025, 6:35 p.m. - House of Commons
"the orders of the day. >> Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee. "
Ms Nusrat Ghani MP (Sussex Weald, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
21 Oct 2025, 3:38 p.m. - House of Lords
"they have passed the Diego Garcia military base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill to which they "
Baroness Fookes - View Video - View Transcript
21 Oct 2025, 3:40 p.m. - House of Lords
">> My Lords, Diego Garcia military base and British Indian Ocean Territory. Bill, I beg to move this "
Baroness Fookes - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Other Corrections
6 speeches (438 words)
Wednesday 22nd October 2025 - Written Corrections

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) BillThe following extract is from the Committee of the whole House on the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - Link to Speech

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
1 speech (1 words)
1st reading
Tuesday 21st October 2025 - Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
195 speeches (33,595 words)
Committee of the whole House
Monday 20th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Business of the House
97 speeches (10,476 words)
Thursday 11th September 2025 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) 20 October—Committee of the whole House and remaining stages of the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - Link to Speech

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
380 speeches (50,410 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 9th September 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) question and add:“this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - Link to Speech
2: Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) I rise in support of the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill. - Link to Speech

Business without Debate
1 speech (88 words)
Tuesday 9th September 2025 - Commons Chamber


Written Answers
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Asked by: Andrew Mitchell (Conservative - Sutton Coldfield)
Monday 20th October 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the full implementation of the British Indian Ocean Territory Partnership Agreement, signed in October 2024.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Further to the October 2024 Political Agreement, the UK/Mauritius Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia was signed on 22 May. The UK is working closely with the US and Mauritius on the arrangements to implement this treaty.

An implementation Bill - 'The Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill', has been introduced and is progressing through Parliament in the usual way.

British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Thursday 17th July 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 60010 on British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 and with reference to the UK/Mauritius Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago (CS Mauritius No.1/2025), what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to (a) amend and (b) repeal the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The government introduced the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill on 15 July.



Parliamentary Research
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill 2024-25 - CBP-10327
Sep. 05 2025

Found: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill 2024-25



Department Publications - Guidance
Tuesday 15th July 2025
Home Office
Source Page: Citizenship rights for Chagossians: update 15 July 2025
Document: Citizenship rights for Chagossians: update 15 July 2025 (webpage)

Found: The UK government will make these changes through the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill