Ascension Island

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 9:30 am on 15 February 2006.

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Photo of Philip Hollobone Philip Hollobone Conservative, Kettering 9:30, 15 February 2006

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. I can establish no connection between my constituency and Ascension Island, but a former mayoress of Kettering came from St. Helena, and the island was very proud of her elevation to that post. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Ascension islanders, not least in connection with the Falklands war, and that it is up to Her Majesty's Government to do the right thing by the islanders as regards their future administration?