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HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I hope that she will be reassured to see that the designations include those in relation to human rights abuses against the Rohingya. I do…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my hon. Friend for his question. The regime focuses on the most serious human rights abuses—those against the right to life, the prohibition against torture, and the…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my hon. Friend and pay tribute to the work he has done not only on human rights but on transparency and anti-corruption. As I said, we will look at this. Work is already…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI agree with the hon. Lady, and that is precisely the reason for the designations we have made today. If she looks at them, she will see that we have not ducked the issue. We need…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are sending a message that people cannot do things that in the past some have got away with. We hope that, particularly in concert with…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeWe certainly oppose not just the settlement building but other violations of international humanitarian law. The hon. Gentleman may have seen the letter that the Prime Minister…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the passionate way in which he made his case. I reassure him that, if he looks at the statement that the UK led on with 27 other countries on…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeMr Speaker, with permission, I would like to make a statement on the global human rights sanctions regulations. As we forge a dynamic new vision for a truly global Britain, this…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeThe idea of taking targeted action against human rights violators has received further cross-party backing since then, from hon. Members in all parts of the House, including five…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI know that considerable work is being done on both sides of the House on that issue. We want maximum financial transparency. If the hon. Gentleman wishes to write to me, I will…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimePart of the problem in North Korea, as we discussed earlier, is the clandestine nature of the decision-making process. However, my hon. Friend is right that we would certainly now…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeIt is for precisely that reason that we set out a policy note that gives, I hope, my hon. Friend and hon. Members across the House reassurance about how we are going about this.…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeIf the hon. Gentleman looks at the designations, he will see that we have answered that in the first round that we are making today.06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my right hon. Friend for his question and pay tribute to him for all the work that he did at the Foreign Office to promote human rights, particularly in respect of the…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. We certainly want to make sure that we can work with allies. We are already talking to our Five Eyes partners and I hope to have…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI pay tribute to the right hon. Gentleman for all his work on human rights in the international sphere, both in the Select Committee and previously as a Minister. We have the…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my hon. Friend for his support and his generous remarks. We will of course look carefully at any further proposals he might wish to make to strengthen the measure. I will…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my hon. Friend, who will be able to see the list and check individual names for himself. There are 25 individuals under the Magnitsky designation, 20 under the Khashoggi…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank the hon. Gentleman and also pay tribute to him. These measures would not have come about without the tenacity and advocacy he has consistently put into this area over many…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for all the work he has done in this area and in promoting human rights in international relations, particularly in his time as International…06 Jul 2020