Written questions

Belarus: Sanctions

Commons · Question 28965 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sanctions relating to (a) finance, (b) trade, (c) aircraft, (d) shipping and (e) immigration on Belarus.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 17 Feb 2025

Sanctions are carefully targeted to increase pressure over time, and we regularly review our sanctions to maintain effectiveness and apply increasing pressure. We therefore reserve the right to introduce further measures so that the Lukashenko regime cont...