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Westminster Hall
Armed Conflict: Children - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) they have provided £241 million in official development assistance to the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Speech Link
2: Ayoub Khan (Ind - Birmingham Perry Barr) time when children’s suffering has never been more widespread, the Government chose to halve the overseas - Speech Link
3: Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) I was contacted by a constituent concerned that British-made military components could be diverted to - Speech Link
4: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) Many are subjected to so-called re-education—stripped of their identity, language and nationality. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) The Bill also preserves current British and British overseas territory citizenship, and the pathway to - Speech Link
2: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, including the Falklands and Gibraltar. - Speech Link
3: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) overseas territories and Crown dependencies. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) overseas territories. - Speech Link
5: Anna Gelderd (Lab - South East Cornwall) overseas territories. - Speech Link
6: Al Pinkerton (LD - Surrey Heath) overseas territories. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Elmore (Lab - Bridgend) We are committed to meeting the overseas development aid budgets that have been set out, but with less - Speech Link
2: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) We remain strong defenders of the Falkland Islands as part of our global great British family. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) When are the British Government going to do something serious, with sanctions against Israel for its - Speech Link
4: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) He is a British citizen with no dual nationality. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Report stage - Mon 05 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Morrow (DUP - Life peer) Overseas Territory, legitimately under British sovereignty. - Speech Link
2: None Overseas Territories. - Speech Link
3: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) Overseas Territories. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Overseas Territories. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Overseas Territories. - Speech Link
6: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) Overseas Territories. - Speech Link
7: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) Overseas Territories. - Speech Link
8: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) Overseas Territories. - Speech Link
9: None As of April 2025, 94% of Chagossians with British nationality also had Mauritian citizenship. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
Committee stage - Tue 16 Dec 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Teverson (LD - Life peer) concern is that organisations or persons—whether companies or individuals—that would otherwise be British - Speech Link
2: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD - Life peer) set the agenda internationally, because although the treaty affects Bermuda so crucially, as an overseas - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) able to set out more fully the Government’s plans to ensure that Parliament, and consequently the British - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) its obligations under the BBNJ agreement, but I can see why the noble Lord has tabled them.The nationality - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Chagossians: Trust Fund and Resettlement - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) nationality also had Mauritian citizenship. - Speech Link
2: Al Pinkerton (LD - Surrey Heath) territories family, must be both immutable and universal. - Speech Link
3: Richard Tice (RUK - Boston and Skegness) Do the British Government recognise the Chagossian Government in exile? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None It was the Labour Party that chose to make self-determination for the British Overseas Territories an - Speech Link
2: Lord Hay of Ballyore (DUP - Life peer) We cannot allow that to happen.The British Overseas Territories should reflect British values, and those - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) citizenship, but not British Overseas Territories citizenship.Amendment 20 from the noble Lord, Lord - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) , those who already have British Overseas Territories citizenship status can hold a British passport - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, including the Falklands and Gibraltar. - Speech Link
2: None Overseas Territories that would arise from this Act and the Treaty.” - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) Overseas Territories that would arise from this Act and the Treaty.” - Speech Link
4: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) Overseas Territories?” - Speech Link
5: Lord Jay of Ewelme (XB - Life peer) Overseas Territories?” - Speech Link
6: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) Overseas Territories?” - Speech Link
7: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) Overseas Territories?” - Speech Link
8: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Overseas Territories?” - Speech Link
9: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Overseas Territories?” - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 18 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, I first declare my interest as a Friend of the British Overseas Territories. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) Overseas Territories citizenship. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There is no precedent in British nationality law for stripping a people of British nationality status - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) for British Overseas Territory citizenship. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) for British Overseas Territory citizenship. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Tue 11 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) After the treaty enters into force, Chagossians will not be able to apply for British Overseas Territories - Speech Link
2: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) Territory Bill will protect British nationality rights, so I give the noble Lord, Lord German, that - Speech Link