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Chagos Islands: Marine Protected Areas

Commons · Question 62077 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

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Asked by Aphra Brandreth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance the UK will provide as part of the separate agreement to be made with Mauritius on the new marine protected area, under Article 5 of the UK-Mauritius agreemen

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.