Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 58515

Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas

Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Adrian Ramsay

Green PartyWaveney Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of securing new Marine Protected Areas around Antarctica.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The UK remains committed to establishing a representative network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) around Antarctica. The UK-led proposal for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf MPA was agreed in 2009. The UK also strongly supported the designation of ...

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