HC Deb 12 November 1992 vol 213 c944W
Dr. Marek

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's security interests in the Indian ocean outside the Gulf.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, we have a general interest in peace and security in the Indian ocean region. More specifically, we retain sovereignty over British Indian ocean territory in which military facilities are located in Diego Garcia.