International Marine Protected Area: Sargasso Sea Debate

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Lord Redwood

Main Page: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 6th July 2026

(1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Redwood Portrait Lord Redwood (Con)
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I urge Ministers to look again at the giving away of the Chagos. There is no legal need to do so, and my noble friend Lord Cameron, as Foreign Secretary, realised that, did not do so, and had the full support of many of us.

Baroness Chapman of Darlington Portrait Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)
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The noble Lord, Lord Cameron, will confirm if you ask him that yes, he did pause the negotiations, but he restarted them because he could see that this was a necessary process.