British Indian Ocean Territory

Mike Martin Excerpts
Wednesday 2nd April 2025

(2 days, 18 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Doughty Portrait Stephen Doughty
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We are standing up for Britain, by defending our security and that of our allies, and we will not scrimp on that. It is critical to secure the operation of this base. It is crucial to our interest and that of our allies. As I have asked many times, if there was no problem, why did the hon. Member’s former Government start negotiating over this?

Mike Martin Portrait Mike Martin (Tunbridge Wells) (LD)
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This is perhaps a question for the Minister for the Armed Forces, who I notice is also on the Front Bench. On the buffer zone, can the Minister state categorically that it will be sufficiently wide to protect all the capabilities on the base?