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 Party — Waveney 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 DoughtyThe 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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