Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase the number of individuals sanctioned in Belarus.

Since 2020, the UK has imposed over 100 sanctions in response to the fraudulent elections, human rights violations, and repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. We have also launched several packages of sanctions against those Belarusian individuals and organisations who are aiding and abetting Russia's aggression towards Ukraine, most recently on 4 July when we laid legislation in Parliament to extend the full force of recent Russia sanctions to Belarus by introducing new financial, trade and transport measures. We do not comment on any possible future sanctions.