Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights - Visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, what assessment he has made of the impact of the UK sanctions towards Venezuela on Venezuelan citizens.

The UK has sanctioned 41 Venezuelans under our Venezuela Autonomous, Global Human Rights and Global Anti-Corruption regimes. Sanctions are in place against individuals who are responsible for egregious human rights violations, the undermining of democracy and exploitation of public programmes. UK sanctions are helping to encourage democratic change by keeping pressure on the illegitimate Maduro regime, targeting illicit finance, and calling out human rights abuses.