Chagos Islands: UK-US Defence Relationship

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:39 pm on 2 December 2024.

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Photo of Peter Lamb Peter Lamb Labour, Crawley 3:39, 2 December 2024

Chagos belongs to the Chagossians. A quarter of the global population of Chagos lives within my constituency. I am aware of statements made by Ministers that they have met representatives of the Chagossian community; I do not know who those representatives are, but I know of representatives in my constituency who have not yet been consulted. Does the Minister agree that before any further dialogue takes place, the Government should engage fully with the community representatives in my constituency?