HL Deb 16 July 1986 vol 478 c1005WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What in their opinion is the status in international law of the island which emerged in the Pacific after an under-sea volcano erupted in January 1986 (The Times, 22nd January 1986).

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Young)

We understand that the island emerged within the territorial sea of the Japanese island Iwo Jima. We take it therefore to be Japanese territory.