Member

The noble Lord, Lord Purvis, asked a question in relation to secondary sanctions. We have had a lot of discussion on that. Academics and international bodies often talk about secondary sanctions, but they typically mean sanctions that a country applies to and enforces against foreign nationals outside its territory for conducting activity that would breach its sanctions if that activity had happened inside its territory. Our sanctions do not operate like that. They can apply only to United Kingdom persons, United Kingdom companies or someone’s entry into the United Kingdom. As such, when we designate a third-country actor, only the activity of UK persons in relation to that actor is subject to UK sanctions law.