The Conservative Party has unveiled new legislation aimed at halting Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s proposed handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius—a move they say would undermine British sovereignty, national security, and taxpayers.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel is set to introduce the British Indian Ocean Territory (Sovereignty and Constitutional Arrangements) Bill in the House of Commons today. The bill would prohibit any change to the status of the Chagos Islands without explicit parliamentary approval, effectively blocking the government’s planned transfer of sovereignty, as reported by the Daily Express.
