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Chagos Islands: Marine Protected Areas

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 62076, tabled on 23 June 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to conclude a separate agreement with the Government of Mauritius on the support and assistance provided by the UK in the establishment and management of a new marine protected area, under Article 5 of the UK-Mauritius agreement on the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago.

Answered on

2 July 2025

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.