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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I was not sure whether anybody else wanted to follow that last speech. I do not think I have ever seen the Prime Minister drink prosecco—he would prefer a pint, I think.…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI do not think that data is published anywhere, I am afraid. If it is, I shall provide it to the noble Lord. I very much enjoyed the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, as I…25 Nov 2025HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Democratic ResilienceMy Lords, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s democratic resilience matters for regional stability and European security. We are working with international partners to strengthen the rule of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Democratic ResilienceThe noble Lord put that extremely well, and I agree with every word he said.25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendment 20M, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, requests that the treaty does not come into force until the publication of “a report assessing the impact of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI hesitate to interrupt, but I think we need to remind ourselves before it gets repeated again that we have just done a deal on Gibraltar with Spain. That has been welcomed by the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI suggest that the noble Lord looks at the ways in which marine protected areas are generally enforced. It is not, as he seems to imagine, by patrolling in vessels around the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is really important that there is not a dispute with regards to Gibraltar. There is an arrangement that is agreed with Spain and it is not in question at all, in any sense.25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIn relation to Amendment 20J, the House has dedicated at least 15 hours to debating the Government’s rationale for entering this treaty. It has been subject to two reports, by the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendment 20K, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Morrow, seeks to oblige the Government to publish a report on the ability of Mauritius to govern the Chagos Archipelago and…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am really sorry, but we have an agreement with Spain. The matter is settled. Madrid takes the same view that London takes; it is the same view that the Government of Gibraltar…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is agreed.25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord opposite has indicated, it is slightly surprising that the four amendments on establishing a joint UK-Mauritius parliamentary commission or committee…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIn response to the desire of the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, that we are clearer in the Bill about what it does, I have read it a couple of times and honestly do not think that it…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillOkay, that might be a good idea. I hope that the noble Lord can withdraw his amendment on that basis.25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, for the considered and balanced contribution that he has made throughout the Bill but particularly on his Amendment 80. The…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe legal situation is as I have described. The noble Baroness may wish that that were not the case, but the legal position is as it is, and the Government do not intend to amend…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThere have been legal judgments in English courts and elsewhere that have established that the right that the noble Baroness’s amendment seeks to grant to the Chagossian people…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I accept that about the ICJ, but the point is that other countries will act on an advisory opinion even if we choose to ignore it. We have not chosen to ignore it. That…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillNoble Lords will recall that we debated the financial elements of the treaty in some detail last week, and I genuinely do not think that further debate is going to persuade…25 Nov 2025