HC Deb 25 July 1990 vol 177 c227W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to her reply to the hon. Member for Linlithgow (Mr. Dalyell),Official Report, 9 July, column 36, if she will make a statement on the nature of the security contribution made to the United Kingdom by the British Indian Ocean territory defence facilities on Diego Garcia.

The Prime Minister

The joint United Kingdom-United States defence facilities on Diego Garcia make a vital contribution to the maintenance of peace and stability and to the protection of western interests in the area.