Parliament

The UK Parliament has launched a number of inquiries and published reports which include commentary on UK sanctions policy.

Current Inquiries

• International development cooperation after Brexit, House of Lords EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
• Post-Brexit UK-EU Security Cooperation, House of Lords EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
• Economic crime in the previous Parliament, Treasury Committee

Past Inquiries

• Arms Export Controls in 2017, UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Arms Export Controls (February 2019)
  • Oral and written evidence

•  The UK and Iran’s regional role, UK Foreign Affairs Committee (October 2019)
  • Written evidence here and here

• Global Britain: The future of UK sanctions policy
  • Written evidence (Maya Lester QC and Michael O’Kane)
  • Oral evidence (Maya Lester QC)
  • Report on UK sanctions policy: “Fragmented and incoherent: the UK’s sanctions policy”, House of Commons (June 2018)
  • Government response to the report (September 2019)

Reports

• Report on Russia, Intelligence and Security Committee of the UK Parliament (21 July 2020)
• Research briefing on Coronavirus: sanctions and humanitarian crises, House of Commons (13 May 2020)
• Research briefing on the Iran nuclear deal and its aftermath, House of Commons (October 2019)
• Report on US sanctions against EU firms with operations in or with Iran, The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee (27 June 2018)
• Report: Moscow’s Gold: Russian Corruption in the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (21 May 2018)
  • Government response to the report (5 September 2018)
• Report on the UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution (17 November 2017)
• Report “Brexit: sanctions policy”, European Union Committee (17 December 2017)
• Report “Russia: Implications for UK defence and security”, House of Commons Defence Committee (28 June 2016)