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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I want primarily—perhaps later—to talk about my Amendments 20Q and 20U, but I will say something about my noble friend Lord Hannan’s Amendment 20L to emphasise one…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I am persuaded by the argument of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, that his amendments are somewhat narrower but much more justified than my broader amendment. When the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI beg leave to withdraw.25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillProbably to get some more money. Indeed, we should have dealt with that in the previous session on money. How much more money is he asking for? One understands there are debates…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendments 8 and 9 are in my name. Amendment 8 says that the treaty shall not come into force until a binding case in an international court requires us to cede…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will speak in favour of Amendments 2, 13, 25 and 28. Amendment 2 is an all-purpose amendment saying that the treaty should not come into force until other conditions in…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI had not intended to speak on these amendments because there are other far more qualified people who I thought would do so. I served on your Lordships’ Environment and Climate…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI promise the noble Lord and the Committee that this will be my last intervention. I had no insider knowledge and was not in any way involved, but the possibility, from reading…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Amendment 10 deals with the issue of resettlement. This is a very sensitive issue, one that Chagossians feel very deeply about. But Article 6 of the agreement, which is…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am certainly very happy to mention that the noble Lord himself mentioned Sir Christoper Greenwood’s testimony in his speech, but his primary reasoning was that we should accept…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI do not know. I am not an official representative of the Conservative Party. I am flattered that the noble Lord thinks I control the Conservative Party in the Commons and in this…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I would like to address Amendments 11 and 12 in my name, which both relate to the terms of the lease. Over the years, I have often heard leaseholders wish they had, or…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIf the noble Lord wants me to go back further, I think it is a shame that we did not follow the advice of Edmund Burke and reach an agreement with the American colonists to give…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillSince the noble Lord is famous for his pernicketiness, I remind him that the Statement in November 2022 referred to the “exercise of sovereignty”, not the ceding of sovereignty.18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am afraid I cannot tell the noble Lord that. I read the debate and it was not clear that there was much focus on the Liberal amendment. He has read out part of it; it covered…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will speak to the noble Lord’s amendment first, because I am informing the House about it, and then he can tell me where I am wrong. Amendment 80 would require that, having…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWith the leave of the Committee, I withdraw my amendment.18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI support my noble friend Lord Callanan’s amendment. My own amendment also calls for a referendum. The Government have given priority to the Mauritians—and, indeed, to some…18 Nov 2025