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HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementThat is an important question that has come up a number of times this week. My hon. Friend will know that we have already disbursed the first two tranches under the extraordinary…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementThe hon. Gentleman raises a number of questions, and it might be helpful if I get the Minister for the middle east, my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Mr Falconer) to respond…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementMy hon. Friend raises important and serious issues. She knows that we have repeatedly condemned the extreme rhetoric of far-right Israeli Ministers. We have taken action against…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementThis Government have been clear that we will take every measure possible to crack down on irregular migration and those who facilitate the cruel trade in human beings, trafficking…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise that issue. The vast majority of UK businesses and individuals want to comply with these regimes. They support them, and they…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementMy hon. Friend asks about the broad principles that underlie our sanctions action. Essentially, there are three parts: the first is to deter malign activity, the second is to…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important issue. I will not comment on future actions, but since the introduction of the oil price cap, data from the Russian Ministry of Finance…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue, which I have repeatedly raised with the leaders of the overseas territories and indeed with the Crown dependencies. We have…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementThe right hon. Gentleman knows the industry and these measures—of course, he also held senior roles in government that were responsible for these matters—so he will understand…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementThe right hon. Gentleman will know that we have been ramping up that pressure—indeed, the new measures we took just last night on support to Russia and its military industrial…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementI thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for his broad support for the thrust of these measures and agree with many of the points he made. He specifically asked me about Syria.…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementMy right hon. Friend is no stranger to these issues, and it has been a pleasure to engage with her on them in my conversations with her. I welcome the work of her Committee in…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementMy hon. Friend speaks with typical passion and from her experience of these matters. She will know that we do not comment on potential future sanctions, but as the Foreign…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the cross-Government review of sanctions implementation and enforcement. I promised to update the House on this…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementI thank the shadow Minister for her broad welcome for this work. I will do my best to answer as many of her questions as I can. The shadow Minister asked me about the overall…15 May 2025HANSARDGavi and the Global FundIt is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Jardine, and to respond to such a passionate and well-attended debate on a subject that many Members here in…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementMy hon. Friend raises a crucial point, and she knows of my personal support and indeed that of the Foreign Secretary on this important issue. She knows that we have already…15 May 2025HANSARD SanctionsThe right hon. Gentleman asks an important question. We take up all possible avenues of limiting Putin’s war machine and the energy revenues that go towards it. We keep all…14 May 2025HANSARD SanctionsI thank the hon. Gentleman again for his steadfast support for Ukraine, and for raising this important issue. As I said, we have already ensured that important resources get to…14 May 2025HANSARD SanctionsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I had forgotten about that particular procedural aspect of talking past 7 o’clock. Thank you for giving me the eye to remind me that that was…14 May 2025