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

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) the availability for defence purposes of the British Indian Ocean Territory, London, 30 December 1966 - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) I chaired the Chagos Islands (British Indian Ocean Territory) all-party parliamentary group. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) British Indian Ocean Territory—or any other territory that is being decolonised around the world, it - Speech Link
4: John Slinger (Lab - Rugby) Indian Ocean Territory. - Speech Link
5: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) Indian Ocean Territory. - Speech Link
6: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) Indian Ocean Territory. - Speech Link
7: Aphra Brandreth (Con - Chester South and Eddisbury) Indian Ocean Territory. - Speech Link
8: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Indian Ocean Territory. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) Indian Ocean Territory Bill. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) It is essential to keeping British people safe. - Speech Link
3: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) It states that the British Indian Ocean Territory“shall remain under the United Kingdom’s sovereignty - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) of British sovereignty over the King’s islands, along with the complete betrayal of the loyal British-Chagossian - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Indian Ocean Territory Bill, followed by consideration of Lords amendments to the Biodiversity Beyond - Speech Link
2: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) autonomous robotics degree, which is sponsored, designed and delivered in collaboration with the British - Speech Link
3: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) sane people dispute the value of green energy, but energy prices are already unfeasibly high for British - Speech Link
4: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) On the Chagos deal and self-determination, the base is vital for our intelligence and defence. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Day of Education - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) Indian Ocean Territory. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) Indian Ocean Territory. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) The Bill also preserves current British and British overseas territory citizenship, and the pathway to - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) Indian Ocean Territory“shall remain under United Kingdom sovereignty”? - Speech Link
3: Graham Stringer (Lab - Blackley and Middleton South) It will have consequences for our ability to look after our defence interests in the Indian ocean, and - Speech Link
4: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) It safeguards British interests. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) Margaret Thatcher would never have given one inch of British territory away to a foreign country, let - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Douglas McAllister (Lab - West Dunbartonshire) We need to do more than just raise his case with Indian counterparts. - Speech Link
2: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) We remain strong defenders of the Falkland Islands as part of our global great British family. - Speech Link
3: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) He is a British citizen with no dual nationality. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) Will the Leader of the House also explain what is happening to the Chagos Bill—the British Indian Ocean - Speech Link
2: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) In terms of the Chagos legislation that was scheduled for next week, as I have said I am expecting, hoping - Speech Link
3: Lee Anderson (RUK - Ashfield) Now that the Chagos Bill has been dropped from the Order Paper for 19 January, will the Leader of the - Speech Link
4: Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) intervention by the UN Human Rights Council has arrived subsequent to our own deliberations on the Chagos - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3rd reading - Mon 12 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) Indian Ocean Territory Bill, has consented to place his interests, so far as they are affected by the - Speech Link
2: None One of the jewels in the crown of the British Indian Ocean Territory is one of the largest marine protected - Speech Link
3: None Even if he was fibbing and Mauritius is committed to preserving the MPA, the British Indian Ocean Territory - Speech Link
4: Lord Altrincham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Ocean but to UK domestic inflation. - Speech Link
5: None This is not a party-political issue; it is about giving away part of our country’s British territory - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Venezuela - Tue 06 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None The British embassy has been supporting the family of Charlotte Niddam, who was educated in Hertfordshire - Speech Link
2: None All our embassy staff are safe and accounted for, and working to support the approximately 500 British - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) Indian Ocean Territory is surely a matter for the Chagossians and the British people. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) There is no parallel with Chagos. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Report stage - Mon 05 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Indian Ocean Territory could take place. - Speech Link
2: None Indian Ocean Territory status for most of the archipelago, alter nationality law, and give effect to - Speech Link
3: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) It states:“The Secretary of State must arrange a referendum on whether the British Indian Ocean Territory - Speech Link
4: None Indian Ocean Territory should—(a) remain a British Overseas Territory, or(b) be transferred to and become - Speech Link