HL Deb 23 February 1982 vol 427 cc926-7WA
Lord Brockway

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What association they have with the Administration of Pitcairn Island, the colonial possession established by the mutineers of HMS "Bounty" in 1790, and whether they will restore British passports to the isolated inhabitants and save the colony from extinction.

Lord Trefgarne

Her Majesty's Government administer Pitcairn, whose community is largely self-sufficient, through the Governor and his Commissioner. Pitcairners will continue to hold British passports in which they will be described as provided for in the British Nationality Act 1981, as British dependent territories citizens.