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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy point is that there has not been a vote in the other place, so the only proper chance is here.25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, nationality has two distinct meanings: it is what it says on our passports, but it is also what we feel. The second of those, the sense of identity and belonging, of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am grateful to the Minister for dealing so comprehensively with all those points, and to all noble Lords who contributed: the noble Baronesses, Lady Hoey and Lady Ludford, my…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillOf course, the noble Lord knows better than anyone that Governments do each other favours in these situations, and Heads of Government will sometimes say, “I need you to say the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the Minister. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, and the noble Lord, Lord Morrow, who were diligent and eloquent in their defence of the dispossessed Chagossians.…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 78 and in support of the amendments of the noble Lords, Lord Hay and Lord Weir, the noble Baroness, Lady Foster, and my noble friend Lord…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I support the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. It would be interesting not only to look at the future projections of the population of Chagossians but…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lord, I beg leave to propose my Amendments 20L, 20N and 20P. In the interests of brevity and immediacy, I will speak only on Amendment 20L, because I have covered the others in…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI was a Member of the European Parliament, and I spoke out quite strongly against that Government. I hope the noble Lord knows me well enough to know that I was never a party line…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I will not detain the Committee for long, but I want to speak briefly to Amendments 20D, 20E and 20F from my noble friend Lord Kempsell and to Amendment 87 from my noble…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the noble Lord confirm that, although it is true that Mauritius is not part of the belt and road initiative—the road thing would not really work, if you think about the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is a very good point. I think there is a divergence, exactly as in this country, between the permanent apparat and the rest of the country, which would explain why my noble…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the Minister confirm that there were three different options for how many people you would resettle, and the costs of all of them were substantially lower than the transfer…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Morrow. I thank the Ministers for the patience and courtesy that they have displayed all evening. The two Ministers and…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThat was my understanding, but even that was too much for me. Even if we had been able to get continued sovereignty on the base and some kind of shared sovereignty on the outer…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Chagossian people have made it very clear what they want. They had their own opinion poll on the subject, and that has been independently verified: 99.22% of people voted for…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I beg leave to move the amendment standing in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Morrow. The financial aspects of this Bill are the easiest for people not involved to…18 Nov 2025