Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch asked Sir Keir: “This morning the Defence Secretary could not say if the Chagos deal would come out of the defence budget.
Asked by ITV’s Peston programme if the US leader had a veto on the agreement, Mr Lammy replied: “If President Trump doesn’t like the deal, the deal will not go forward.
After striking that deal, there was a change of government in Mauritius, and the new government in Mauritius had to have time to look at the deal.
Speaking from the US, he had earlier said the UK’s military and intelligence was “very intertwined with the United States”, adding: “We struck a deal.
The Chagos Islands deal will not go ahead without the backing of US President Donald Trump, David Lammy has said.
