HC Deb 13 May 1994 vol 243 cc281-2W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the proposed visit by Ilois and their associates to the British Indian Ocean Territory and Chagos archipelago and what was his response to the approaches of the Comité Ilois de l'Organisation Fraternelle on proposed visits to see ancestral graves.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

An application has been made to the Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory to allow a group of Ilois and their associates to visit ancestral graves in the territory. The application has been referred to the British Indian Ocean immigration authorities for a decision.

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