Question follow-through · 56764

British Indian Ocean Territory: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) charities and (b) research institutions on the marine protected area of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 3 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 5 Jun 2025
Answer: 10 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) charities and (b) research institutions on the marine protected area of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2025
Answer published
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials have met with organisations such as the Zoological Society of London and the Chagos Conservation Trust in regard to the BIOT/Chagos Archipelago Marine Protected Area.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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