Diego Garcia: Comments by the President of the United States

Lord Harris of Haringey Excerpts

Thursday 22nd January 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)]

It is £3.4 billion. The reason why there has been a dispute over this is that some people do not understand inflation. These numbers have been calculated in the normal way, as they are for all these kinds of projects.

[Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab)]

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, has implied that the previous Foreign Secretary’s remarks about not having American consent would somehow now apply. Surely it is the case that the Government took the views of the Americans and then reached an agreement, and that agreement is the one that stands. So could my noble friend tell the House, first, whether we are still committed to the principle of security, to the importance of the base and still committed to the clearly held view that this is the best option for the British people and for world security as a whole?