Member

Mauritius, as has been said many times, is around 1,300 miles away from the Chagos Islands. It has only a small coastguard. It has very limited resources and very limited assets with which to defend that marine protected area. Can the Minister please explain how the UK Government expect Mauritius to maintain the MPA, given those indisputable facts? She has referred a number of times to the commitment of Mauritius. I do not doubt that commitment, but I doubt its means and resources to actually enforce the MPA against hostile acts.