§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when a representative of his Department last visited the US prison facilities on Diego Garcia. [184202]
§ Mr. RammellThe only United States prison facilities on Diego Garcia are those established under United States Service law for the detention, as authorised by that law, of members of the United States armed forces and any accompanying civilian personnel and dependants. There is no record of any member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office visiting those facilities. The US have made it clear that the British Indian Ocean Territory Commissioner's Representative on Diego Garcia would be permitted to visit at any time.