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HANSARD SanctionsThe right hon. Gentleman is right to make this point. Surely we have to get the balance right, though. I say as a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury that we have to guard…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsI want to pursue the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), because 23 people on the EU sanctions list are not on the UK sanctions list. There are…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsThe right hon. Gentleman is making a brilliant speech. Will he give the House his perspective on the potential weakness in the sanctions regime? Its focus is obviously on asset…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsLike everyone who has spoken in this debate, I support these regulations, but I want the Paymaster General to become a paymaster for taking on Kremlin paymasters with a lot more…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsI am grateful for the nuance the hon. Gentleman brings to the debate. Gerasimov was not on the list I cited and I do not believe he is on the EU list either, but what disturbs me,…01 Mar 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeThis is at best a half measure. Companies House has 11,000 shell companies where there is no person of significant control registered, yet there have been only 112 prosecutions,…28 Feb 2022HANSARDSanctionsThe whole House will welcome the Foreign Secretary’s ambition this afternoon, but can we speed up the process of hitting the people on the hit list? There are 23 people on the EU…28 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaI congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) on securing this important debate. His timing could not have been better. It is clear from today’s events that we live…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineMy congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) on securing the debate, because on trial today is the complete incoherence in the…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI agree with the Prime Minister that it seems like the curtain has now come down on the era that began in 1989. We have lived in an era of change since then, and this now feels…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have a debate about why Vnesheconombank was not sanctioned this week? As the Leader will know, its deputy governor was appointed by Vladimir Putin in 1999. On 29 April…24 Feb 2022HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceI congratulate Labour Front Benchers on calling this debate, because we are required to come together today to discuss, to expose and to unravel what could be the greatest…23 Feb 2022HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceI want to clarify one point. The Minister seemed to imply that further sanctions would be contingent on a further roll-forward of Russian troops, but that is not what the Minister…23 Feb 2022HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceI am sorry that the Minister has to defend the indefensible. Will she confirm to the House today whether the vetting of Mohamed Amersi’s donation surfaced the news that he made $4…23 Feb 2022HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceI will conclude, Madam Deputy Speaker, because I think my vetting services have been exhausted for the Front Bench. I will conclude by saying that Conservative Ministers are…23 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsMy right hon. Friend is making a brilliant speech. When the new sanctioning regime was introduced, it was all about increasing our capacity to act independently to sanction bad…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsIt is a pleasure to follow that excellent speech. There is an old saying that no matter how elegant the strategy one should occasionally look at the results. The truth is that…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsMay I follow up the question that was well posed by the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) earlier? On the package of sanctions announced…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsTry sitting on this side.22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThis is a day of infamy in Russian history, but the truth is that we are here today because our strategy of deterrence has failed. President Putin has built an arsenal of…22 Feb 2022