Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 62077

Chagos Islands: Marine Protected Areas

Tabled: 23 June 2025

Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Aphra Brandreth

Conservative — Chester South and Eddisbury

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

Stephen Doughty

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.