PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Belarus: Sanctions (5 March 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will impose Magnitsky-style sanctions on people based in the UK who are alleged sponsors of the Belarusian senior leadership.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

The UK has been at the forefront of the international response towards the fraudulent election and human rights violations in Belarus. Alongside Canada, we led on implementing sanctions against Lukashenko and his inner circle under the UK's Global Human Rights Regime. We have also carried over the EU's Belarus sanctions regime into UK law. To preserve the integrity of the sanctions process, it would be inappropriate to speculate publicly on future designations.

Answered by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
10 March 2021