Cybercrime: Crime Prevention
Commons · Question 78057 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to amend the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to (a) strengthen the powers and (b) expand the (i) jurisdictional reach and (ii) sco
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 22 Oct 2025
The government is committed to calling out malicious cyber activities that threaten the UK's national interests and economic prosperity. Sanctions are an important part of our diplomatic toolkit, helping us to disrupt ransomware operations.Our cyber sanct...