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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 September 2025
Debate
Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025Contribution
Sanctions are an administrative tool; the Minister referred to them as “diplomatic tools”. They become a crime when they are evaded, and evasion will largely be outside the UK, which brings its own obvious difficulties. Nevertheless, the Minister may be able to tell the Committee about what the Government believe the scale may be within the UK—I am talking about handling assets.
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