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Session
Year
Department
Member
Primary member
Corbyn, Jeremy (2)
Answering member
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Merron, Baroness (2)
Legislative stage
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Westminster Hall adjournment debate on UK relations with Latin America.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on UK relations with Latin America.
Lead member
Jeremy Corbyn
Answering member
Baroness Merron
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Adjournment debates
Subjects
Biofuels; Developing countries; Development aid; Diplomatic service; Human rights; Languages; Forests; Land use; Ethnic groups; EU external trade; Foreign policy; Foreign relations; Poverty; Mining; Nature conservation; Natural resources; Politics and government; Nationalisation; Migrant workers; Trade; USA; Visits abroad; Venezuela; Bolivia; Latin America
Date
3 March 2009
Reference
488 c183-206WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the US lease on the use of part of Diego Garcia for a military base is due for renewal; and what his policy is on whether the lease should be renewed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the US lease on the use of part of Diego Garcia for a military base is due for renewal; and what his policy is on whether the lease should be renewed.
Asked by
Jeremy Corbyn
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Merron
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 November 2008
For answer on
13 November 2008
Answered on
25 November 2008
The use of the British Indian Ocean Territory is regulated by a series of bilateral agreements (Exchange of Notes) between the UK and the US. The 1966 Exchange of Notes provides that the islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory, including Diego Garcia, shall be available for defence purposes of both countries for an initial period of 50 years (until 2016) and continuing thereafter for a further period of 20 years unless terminated by either government not more than two years before the end of the initial period.There have been no discussions with the US about the possibility of terminating the agreement. The UK and US consult closely and regularly on their mutual defence needs, including in the annual bilateral official talks on the British Indian Ocean Territory last held in London 18-19 September 2008. To date neither the UK nor the US has raised the possibility of terminating the agreement.
Subjects
USA; Diego Garcia
Date
25 November 2008
Reference
483 c1201-2W; 235120
House
House of Commons