Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Sanctions
2026-06-21 · Home Office · HL1159 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme provides sufficient transparency where influence activities in the UK are undertaken on behalf of a foreign political entity whose senior l
Answer
FIRS is a two-tier scheme introduced as part of the National Security Act (2023). The political influence tier aims to provide transparency of foreign state-directed political influence activities in the UK, while the enhanced tier requires transparency o...