House of Commons – Jan. 28, 2026 – 422

I beg to move, That this House is opposed to the United Kingdom ceding sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory;

believes that the United Kingdom should not give £34.7 billion to Mauritius when that money could be spent on the armed forces;

further believes that the Diego Garcia British Military Base and Indian Ocean Territory Bill breaches the Exchange of notes constituting an agreement concerning the availability for defence purposes of the British Indian Ocean Territory, London, 30 December 1966 with the United States, as does the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia, and therefore that the Government should not proceed with the Bill;

and also believes that Parliament must approve any changes to the 1966 Exchange of notes through the process set out under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.