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Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 6 March 2026UIN 114178

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she considered the the future of Diego Garcia after the 99-year lease agreed in the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill expires.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

I refer the Hon Member to the details of the duration of the treaty set out in the Explanatory Memorandum published on 22 May 2025, and to the extensive discussion of all these issues that has subsequently taken place during the passage of the Bill.

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