Statement made by
Statement
My Honourable Friend, the Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon), has made the following written Ministerial statement:
I am today laying before Parliament a report, ‘Report under section 32 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 on the exercise of power to make Regulations under section 1 of the Act’.
The report details the regulations made under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 during the reporting period from 23 May 2020 to 22 May 2021, with a focus on those regulations which are aimed at dealing with gross violations of human rights.
We have also included information on additional actions the government has taken related to human rights sanctions, including information on certain designations made in relation to serious human rights abuses or violations.