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...