§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, during the period of British rule over Eritrea, the Hanish Islands were treated as part of the territory, and whether they will place in the Library of the House of Lords copies of any maps showing the extent of the territory at the time which are held in the archives of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)The status of the Hanish Islands has remained indeterminate since the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which provided that the future of the islands would be settled by the parties concerned. Maps of the region at that time are now with the Public Record Office.