Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 34763
Hong Kong: Sanctions
Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025
Question
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Conservative — Chingford and Woodford Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will impose secondary sanctions on Hong Kong financial institutions found to be supporting sanction evasion.
Answer
Catherine WestUK sanctions bind UK nationals and entities everywhere. This is different to 'secondary sanctions' which are enforced outside of the sanctioning country's jurisdiction. The UK is committed to curtail Russia's use of the international financial system to s...
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