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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I agree with the Minister that this has been a fascinating debate. It was a real pleasure to hear so many noble Lords focusing, as we rightly should, on the rights and…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, reminds us, this amendment gets to the core of the criticisms that have been levelled against the Government’s approach to this Bill so…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the Minister comment on the ability of the Mauritian coastguard actually to enforce the marine protected area, for instance?25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group relate to issues around the ceding of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius. I asked a question on the previous day of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, the trust fund set up for the Chagossians is absolutely central to this treaty. Under Article 11, the Mauritians have been given the responsibility for administering the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Minister has not even attempted to address any of the questions that we have asked.25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am sorry that my noble friend Lord Kempsell is not here to move his amendment, which I thought was a particularly good one. We debated some of the financial aspects of the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, this is the last group of amendments in Committee. I am delighted to see so many noble Lords opposite taking a close interest in the Bill and what it will do to the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI was just going to give him another example, not at British level but at the European level. There is of course the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, which has Members of the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, and others who contributed to this group. I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her reply to my amendments. I appreciate that they are…25 Nov 2025HANSARDUkraine: Forcible Removal of ChildrenMy Lords, there have been many reports over the weekend that progress is being made towards a peace deal for Ukraine, and I am sure the whole House will welcome that. However,…24 Nov 2025HANSARDUkraine: UK-USA DiscussionsMy Lords, I too could not disagree more with the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, because it is very clear that peace will never be achieved in Ukraine until Putin feels…19 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThank you. I think the noble Lord has just confirmed that the Chief Whip decided this afternoon, but the Chief Whip’s office was informed last night. If that was the case, why did…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, as my noble friend Lady Noakes said at Second Reading, this Bill is right up there in contention for the title of “worst Bill of this Session”. It is a surrender Bill…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is a statement of fact that this legislation gives up British sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, but it does not say who should have sovereignty—the treaty is a separate…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am saying that we have every right to oppose this legislation. The legislation has come as a result of the treaty that the Government have agreed. We opposed the treaty; we…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the Minister for her replies. This has been an interesting debate. As she says, this is how the first debate in Committee normally goes. It is fairly wide ranging, and I…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIs she saying that the United States has agreed to abrogate that treaty?18 Nov 2025