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Commons Chamber
British Indian Ocean Territory - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) “We’re just going to give the islands away. Are you okay with that?” - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) The Chagos islands were depopulated—cruelly depopulated—and the people of the Chagos islands were never - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) It took me four different boats to get to the outer islands. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) The Falkland Islands could have gone the same way. - Speech Link
5: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) of the Falkland Islands people, and the existing and future relationship between the Falkland Islands - Speech Link


Written Statements
UK-Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council 2025 - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) attended by elected leaders and representatives from Anguilla, Ascension, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
Committee of the whole House - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) As chair of the Channel Islands all-party group, I was interested that the Minister tabled an amendment - Speech Link
2: Al Pinkerton (LD - Surrey Heath) Just north of the Falkland Islands is the so-called blue hole, an area of unregulated fishing beyond - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) The Blue Belt initiative—which includes many of our territories, including Pitcairn, Anguilla, South - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2nd reading - Tue 04 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) Which country will fund development in the Chagos Islands? - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) The Chagos Islands were never part of Mauritius. - Speech Link
3: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) The Chagos Islands have been British since 1814. - Speech Link
4: Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Chagos Islands APPG. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
2nd reading - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) These waters safeguard king penguins on the Falkland Islands, green turtles on Ascension Island, grey - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) From the Pitcairn islands, with their 35 residents, to Tristan da Cunha, home to barely 240 residents - Speech Link
3: Emily Thornberry (Lab - Islington South and Finsbury) Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell), in using the Chagos islands as a test. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Thu 04 Sep 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Jack of Courance (Con - Life peer) My Lords, our membership of CPTPP is facilitated by our ownership of the Pitcairn Islands. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago - Mon 30 Jun 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Boateng (Lab - Life peer) A treaty signed under duress.Let us be very clear: these islands are African islands. - Speech Link
2: Lord Altrincham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In relation to other Commonwealth islands such as Saint Vincent, Jamaica and Fiji—beautiful islands with - Speech Link
3: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) We cannot somehow detach the islands from Mauritius for that purpose. - Speech Link
4: Lord Roberts of Belgravia (Con - Life peer) , Gibraltar, the Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, the British Virgin Islands, Monserrat, the Turks and Caicos - Speech Link


Written Statements
UK and Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council 2024 - Wed 08 Jan 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) elected leaders and representatives from Anguilla, Ascension Island, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Biodiversity Loss - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) woodlands to the internationally important seabird populations that breed on the cliffs and rocky islands - Speech Link
2: Toby Perkins (Lab - Chesterfield) This year, we have seen crops washed away and farmhouses become islands in torrential downpours. - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) I chaired a meeting just yesterday with all the OTs, even those as far as the Pitcairn Islands and St - Speech Link


Written Statements
Publicly Accessible Registers of Beneficial Ownership: Overseas Territories - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) to provide both technical and financial assistance.Falkland IslandsThe Government of the Falkland Islands - Speech Link