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Chagos Islands: Marine Protected Areas

Commons · Question 62075 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Aphra Brandreth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received guarantees from the Government of Mauritius on (a) the territorial extent, (b) the level of protection and (c) the means of management of its proposed

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 2 Jul 2025

As the Treaty states, the support that the UK will provide Mauritius in establishing and managing the Chagos Archipelago Marine Protected Area will be agreed between the Parties by a separate written instrument, as part of implementation of the Agreement.