Question follow-through · 58515
Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of securing new Marine Protected Areas around Antarctica.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of securing new Marine Protected Areas around Antarctica.
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK remains committed to establishing a representative network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) around Antarctica. The UK-led proposal for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf MPA was agreed in 2009. The UK also strongly supported the designation of ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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