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Hong Kong: Sanctions

Commons · Question 34763 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Answered by Catherine West, 7 Mar 2025

UK 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...