Chagos Islands

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:35 am on 17 November 2016.

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Photo of Alan Duncan Alan Duncan Minister of State 10:35, 17 November 2016

I do not agree with my hon.—and gallant—Friend. I do not think this is dishonourable. As I have already said, Diego Garcia is only one small part of this large archipelago. The nature of the employment there would not necessarily prove attractive, and it is not seen as practical to link subsistence payments for a repopulated series of islands to the use of the defence base, for which, at the moment, there is no payment anyway.