“What assessment he has made of the effect of the changes to his Department's budget announced in Budget 2018 on the ability of his Department to achieve its policy objectives.”
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Deputy Prime Minister
I utterly condemn the Iranian regime’s brutal repression of peaceful protesters. It is a long-standing position under successive Governments not to comment on whether a specific organisation is being considered for proscription. We have long criticised Iran’s authoritarian regime and taken robust action to protect UK interests from Iranian state threats, and that includes over 220 sanctions on Iran and placing the entirety of the Iranian state on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme. We are working at pace, of course, to explore what further measures can be taken to respond to these horrific events.