Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory

Lord Lemos Excerpts

Thursday 26th February 2026 Lords Chamber

[Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord in Waiting/Government Whip (Lord Lemos) (Lab)]

My Lords, we will hear from the noble Baroness, Lady Foster, next.

[Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-Afl)]

My Lords, I did say the last time we debated this issue, as the Minister probably remembers, that there were consequences to ignoring the voices and the rights of self-determination of the Chagossian people. We now find ourselves in a situation where they have taken matters into their own hands and have gone to the archipelago. Surely it is now long past the time when we need to kill this treaty.