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HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his support. These measures are important. I am not going to start, without proper appraisal and assessment of the evidence, handing out…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my right hon. Friend. He is absolutely right that, with these regulations and this legislation, there will of course be a whole range of suggestions and proposals from…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s advocacy and tireless campaigning on behalf of his constituent. Of course we want to secure his release from the Houthis. The hon. Gentleman…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank the hon. Member for his support for the measures and the designations, and for his kind words. He is right about international co-ordination; the measures will be most…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my hon. Friend, and pay tribute to the work that he and the Foreign Affairs Committee have done. I thought he mentioned three foreign policy triumphs, but I felt a bit…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank the hon. Lady for her full-throated support. Although it is always a pleasure to spar with her, it is also worth reflecting on those occasions when the House can stand in…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my right hon. Friend the Chair of the Defence Committee. We have taken these measures. He has heard what we have said on Hong Kong. He will know that Huawei is going…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeThe Magnitsky regime is the third of three pillars. We have been pioneering a campaign—I pay tribute to my predecessor in this role, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeThe ISC of course does incredibly important work and will be up and running as soon as is practicable, but it needs to constitute itself. It is correct that there is a Government…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeMy hon. Friend was very deft in getting the EU issue into his question. I reassure him that, at E3 level and more broadly, we want to co-ordinate with our European partners,…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeWe will certainly work with all our international partners to accumulate the evidence. The hon. Gentleman asked about civil society and non-governmental organisations; yes, we…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeThe hon. Gentleman has been a passionate human rights defender over many years. He can take reassurance from the designations that we have made, and can see that the Government…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI have today laid before Parliament, under the powers of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020. These regulations…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have mentioned some of our existing partners, but what we want to do is show—by the measures that we are taking and the efficiency with which…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that this new regime gives us that power. On top of the legal regime, the asset freezes and the visa bans, the work of the Prime Minister’s…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI hope that the expressions of support for Sergei Magnitsky give solace to Natalia and Nikita through their enduring grief. The hon. Member is absolutely right. One of the reasons…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank my right hon. Friend— [ Interruption. ] It is a perfectly good question, because all sorts of legal issues have to be scrutinised very carefully when introducing these…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI believe they do demonstrate that. It is early days. We wanted to make sure that we took firm, clear steps, as the worst thing in the world is to trip up over this sort of thing;…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank the hon. Lady and assure her that, when I was in Saudi Arabia before the coronavirus lockdown, I raised the women’s rights defenders case with all my interlocutors. I can…06 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeI thank the hon. Lady for her support. We will have a further debate before recess on the terms of the regulations. I think she will see that it is not just the direct…06 Jul 2020