Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 36313
Overseas Trade: Russia
Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025
Question
Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat — Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to support British businesses that lawfully traded with now-sanctioned Russian (a) businesses and (b) people to help them to recover funds lawfully owed to them.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderOur sanctions are designed to minimise impact on the UK and avoid unintended consequences. The Department for Business and Trade has sought to minimise the impact on businesses through implementing appropriate exceptions, specific licences where appropria...
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