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British Sovereignty Protection (Chagos Islands) Bill [HL]

A Bill to affirm and protect the sovereignty of the United Kingdom over the Chagos Islands and the British Indian Ocean Territory; to make provision restricting the cession or transfer of sovereignty without the approval of Parliament and without the consent of the Chagossian people; to provide for the protection of the Territory’s strategic and defence importance; and for connected purposes.

Independent editorial summary — not the official statute text. Read the official version on legislation.gov.uk.

Sponsor: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party)

Introduced:

Current stage: 2nd reading

Last ingested: 2026-08-24 from uk-parliament-bills.

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