Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62572

Marine Protected Areas: Chagos Archipelago

Tabled: 25 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Mauritian government on the future of the Marine Protected Area surrounding the Chagos Archipelago.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Secretary of State for the Environment Steve Reed met the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius, Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, in the margins of the third United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France. They discussed the importance of the contin...

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