A question on #BritishIndianOceanTerritory #MarineProtectedAreas tabled by Priti Patel on 19-03-2025 has been answered by Stephen Doughty.

Heading: British Indian Ocean Territory: Marine Protected Areas
Question ID: 1786302
UIN: 39406
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-19
Asking Member ID: 4066
Asking Member display name: Priti Patel
Asking Member handle: pritipatel
Asking Member Twitter reference: @pritipatel
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Marine Protected Area covering the British Indian Ocean Territory.
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Date answered: 2025-03-26
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4264
Answering Member display name: Stephen Doughty
Answering Member handle: SDoughtyMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @SDoughtyMP
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Answer text: The BIOT Administration has responsibility for the management and monitoring of its Marine Protected Area. Annual reports have been undertaken by the Chief Scientific Advisor; reports up to the year 2020 are available online with subsequent years expected...
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Answering body ID: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tweeted: true