Sudan: Export Controls
(asked on 18th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the intention of the Government to maintain the current range of EU export restrictions to Sudan after the UK leaves the EU.
This question was answered on 21st December 2017
The Government has introduced to Parliament a Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to ensure the UK has the legal powers to maintain arms embargoes and other restrictive measures after we leave the EU. The design of specific sanctions regimes against Sudan and other countries will be determined in due course through secondary legislation. We have a legal obligation to implement UN sanctions. Our approach to non-UN sanctions will be guided by the political context at the time including the views of international partners.
The Government has introduced to Parliament a Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to ensure the UK has the legal powers to maintain arms embargoes and other restrictive measures after we leave the EU. The design of specific sanctions regimes against Sudan and other countries will be determined in due course through secondary legislation. We have a legal obligation to implement UN sanctions. Our approach to non-UN sanctions will be guided by the political context at the time including the views of international partners.