Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 109322
Companies: Registration
Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026
Question
Luke Akehurst
Labour — North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps are being taken to prevent organisations with extreme proximity to sanctioned groups, individuals, and jurisdictions from establishing UK-registered companies.
Answer
Blair McDougallThe nature of any association with sanctioned persons or jurisdictions can vary considerably, and such links do not, in themselves, prevent an organisation or its directors from establishing a lawful UK company. Nor does the existence of such an associati...
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