Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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In 2019, the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee
published its report Global Britain and the British Overseas
Territories: Resetting the relationship, following an investigation
into the relationship between the UK and the Overseas Territories. The
report recommended that Ascension and Tristan da Cunha be recognised as
Overseas Territories in their own right (paragraph 48 / recommendation
8):

The Committee notes that the Overseas Territory of St. Helena includes
the separate and distinct territories of Ascension Island and Tristan
da Cunha. These are both inhabited territories with a population that
is not directly connected to St. Helena and have their own identities,
elected governments and flags. Therefore, Ascension Island and Tristan
da Cunha should be treated with equality as British Overseas
Territories in their own right and the FCO should change their status
to this effect. However, this change should not necessarily imply that
the practice of St. Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha
sharing the same Governor should come to an
end.^([68])

To date the UK Government has not responded to the committee's
recommendation.