Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 32981

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Mauritian counterpart on maintaining the British Indian Ocean Territory Marine Protected Area; and what representations he has received f

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The UK and Mauritius are committed to cooperating on combatting environmental threats such as illegal fishing, with a shared objective of protecting of the world's most important marine environments. This will include the establishment of a new Mauritian ...

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