Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Debate between Lord Leong and Lord Morrow
Report stage
Monday 5th January 2026
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Monday 5th January 2026
(1 week, 4 days ago)
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Lord in Waiting/Government Whip (Lord Leong) (Lab)
Could I ask the noble Lord to wind up, please?
Lord Morrow (DUP)
In the second instance, this difficulty was greatly compounded by the willingness of the Mauritian Cabinet of Ministers to accept £3 million in 1965 to become a party to the forced removal of the Chagossians, agreeing to receive them from the Chagos Islands. Had they been part of the same people civically, this would have been unthinkable, and they would have fought for the rights of their brothers and sisters—not allowing citizens to be subject to this indignity.