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5 Jan 2026, 9:06 p.m. - House of Commons
"disposal, such as the 2018 sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act, so that we can stop the "
Debbie Abrahams MP (Oldham East and Saddleworth, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill
46 speeches (9,130 words)
Committee of the whole House
Monday 23rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) exported directly from the United Kingdom, be contrary to any provision of the any Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech

Counter-Extremism Strategy
30 speeches (8,144 words)
Thursday 12th February 2026 - Grand Committee
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) injunctions to be put in place.We have legislation, such as the Immigration Act, the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech

Occupied Palestinian Territories: Genocide Risk Assessment
81 speeches (13,742 words)
Thursday 5th February 2026 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) from differentiation to prohibition, using legal tools already available under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech

Crime and Policing Bill
68 speeches (20,178 words)
Committee stage: Part 2
Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: None ,(e) where the relevant offence is an offence under regulations imposed under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) interest or social purposes to support those who may be impacted by offences under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech

Ukraine
93 speeches (25,636 words)
Wednesday 14th January 2026 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Emily Thornberry (Lab - Islington South and Finsbury) find legal grounds for deploying military assets against the shadow fleet under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech

Boarding of Sanctioned Vessels
17 speeches (1,607 words)
Wednesday 14th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: Lord Harper (Con - Life peer) Can he confirm that the Government have used the powers in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech

Human Rights Abuses: Magnitsky Sanctions
50 speeches (18,115 words)
Thursday 8th January 2026 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) rule of law.Under the UK’s autonomous sanctions framework, which is built on the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech
2: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, introduced by the last Conservative Government, gives - Link to Speech

Middle East and North Africa
85 speeches (11,220 words)
Monday 5th January 2026 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) international allies and use the legislative tools at their disposal, such as the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech

Financial Transparency: Overseas Territories
54 speeches (13,757 words)
Wednesday 5th November 2025 - Westminster Hall
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) anti-corruption champion, Baroness Hodge, successfully secured an amendment to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act - Link to Speech
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) With the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act we made it absolutely clear that, if the overseas territories - Link to Speech
3: Charlie Maynard (LD - Witney) The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, or SAMLA, requires the UK to support these territories - Link to Speech
4: Andrew Snowden (Con - Fylde) Friend and others, there is a significant delay.The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, the - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 25th February 2026
Written Evidence - Transparency International UK
OTJ0010 - Review of the UK – Overseas Territories Joint Declaration

Review of the UK – Overseas Territories Joint Declaration - Constitution Committee

Found: financial risks, as well as threats to national security, Parliament passed the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Wednesday 4th February 2026
Correspondence - Letter from the Security Minister following his appearance on 20 Januaury relating to the inquiry on Combatting new forms of extremism 02.02.2026

Home Affairs Committee

Found: Protection Orders (EPSPO) that is aimed specifically at countering protests. 2 The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Monday 24th November 2025
Report - 11th Report - Toward a new doctrine for economic security

Business and Trade Committee

Found: Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 Criminal enforcement of trade sanctions is the responsibility

Monday 24th November 2025
Report - 11th Report - Toward a new doctrine for economic security

Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls

Found: Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 Criminal enforcement of trade sanctions is the responsibility

Wednesday 12th November 2025
Written Evidence - The Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute
ECO0036 - UK economic security

UK economic security - Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls

Found: not limited to: Export Control Act 2002; Dual-Use Regulation (EC) No. 428/2009; Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Thursday 30th October 2025
Special Report - 6th Special Report - Transnational repression in the UK: Government Response

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA) gives the government independent powers to



Written Answers
Democratic Republic of Congo: Christianity
Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Monday 24th November 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the attack on a Christian-run hospital in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We condemn the horrifying attacks by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on Christian communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Healthcare facilities, hospitals, and other humanitarian centres must never be targeted. We remind all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law and stress that those responsible for human rights violations and abuses must be held accountable. We have raised the actions of the ADF repeatedly at the UN and have sanctioned them under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act. UK Ministers and senior officials regularly raise the importance of protecting civilians with the Government of DRC. We continue to work through UN bodies and other multilateral fora to promote and protect these rights.

Cybercrime: Crime Prevention
Asked by: Mark Pritchard (Conservative - The Wrekin)
Wednesday 22nd October 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to amend the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to (a) strengthen the powers and (b) expand the (i) jurisdictional reach and (ii) scope of the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 to help reduce ransomware attacks.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The government is committed to calling out malicious cyber activities that threaten the UK's national interests and economic prosperity. Sanctions are an important part of our diplomatic toolkit, helping us to disrupt ransomware operations.

Our cyber sanctions regime allows us to impose cost and risk on those that carry out malicious cyber activity, and to deter others who consider similar acts. The regime is suitably broad, and allows us to freeze the assets of those around the world who have undermined the integrity, prosperity, or security of the UK and its partners. Under these powers, we have designated seventy-nine people, including sixteen members of prolific Russian cybercrime gang Evil Corp, and one of the senior leaders of LockBit which, at the time, was one of the most harmful ransomware operations affecting the UK.

We will continue to explore future use and implementation of our cyber sanctions regime against ransomware actors as part of a broader range of approaches to combat cybercrime globally.



Secondary Legislation
Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13) to amend the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/616) (“the CAR Regulations”). These amendments are being made to ensure compliance with the UK’s UN obligations, specifically to ensure changes made by the UN Security Resolution 2745 (2024) (as extended by Resolution 2789 (2025)), in relation to the Central African Republic, are reflected.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative
Laid: Tuesday 16th December - In Force: 6 Jan 2026

Found: 2026The Secretary of State(1), considering that the condition in section 45(2) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Annotations, Application and Modification of Company Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
These Regulations impose a new duty on the registrar to annotate the register maintained under section 1080 of the Companies Act 2006 (c.46) (“the 2006 Act”) in the circumstances where an individual has verified their identification status, as well as applying annotation duties and powers to unregistered companies. These Regulations also make amendments to various pieces of secondary legislation, which are consequential on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56) (“the 2023 Act”).
Department for Business and Trade
Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative
Laid: Thursday 23rd October - In Force: Not stated

Found: , or in respect of which an exception applies, by virtue of section 15(3A) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act



Parliamentary Research
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill: HL Bill 170 of 2024–26 - LLN-2026-0004
Mar. 02 2026

Found: re-exported to Russia or any other country subject to sanctions imposed by the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act



Department Publications - Guidance
Thursday 19th February 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Counter-terrorism: list of designations and sanctions notices
Document: Counter-terrorism: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage)

Found: The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Friday 6th February 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Russia: list of designations and sanctions notices
Document: Russia: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage)

Found: Russia sanctions The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Thursday 5th February 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Sudan: list of designations and sanctions notices
Document: Sudan: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage)

Found: Sudan sanctions The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Monday 2nd February 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Iran: list of designations and sanctions notices
Document: Iran: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage)

Found: Purposes of the Iran sanctions The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Wednesday 28th January 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Global irregular migration and trafficking in persons: list of designations and sanctions notices
Document: Global irregular migration and trafficking in persons: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage)

Found: Migration and Trafficking in Persons (Sanctions) Regulations 2025 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Tuesday 27th January 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida: list of designations and sanctions notices
Document: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida: list of designations and sanctions notices (webpage)

Found: Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Friday 12th December 2025
HM Treasury
Source Page: Sudan financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)

Found: Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753) (“the Regulations”) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Friday 12th December 2025
HM Treasury
Source Page: Sudan financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)

Found: Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753) (“the Regulations”) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Friday 12th December 2025
HM Treasury
Source Page: Sudan financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)

Found: Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753) (“the Regulations”) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Friday 12th December 2025
HM Treasury
Source Page: Sudan financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)

Found: Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753) (“th e Regulations”) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Friday 12th December 2025
HM Treasury
Source Page: Sudan financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)

Found: Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753) (“the Regulations”) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Friday 12th December 2025
HM Treasury
Source Page: Sudan financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)

Found: Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020 /753) were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Wednesday 5th November 2025
HM Treasury
Source Page: OFSI General licence INT/2024/5394840
Document: (PDF)

Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act



Department Publications - Transparency
Monday 15th December 2025
Home Office
Source Page: Counter-terrorism disruptive powers report 2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000 Page 13 of 39 3.3 – Counter-Terrorism Sanctions in the UK The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Feb. 24 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2026/8889196
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Feb. 24 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2026/8893924
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Feb. 09 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Financial sanctions enforcement: assessment and monetary penalties
Document: Enforcement and monetary penalties guidance: 31 August 2023 - 1 May 2024 (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act (2018) ("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act.

Feb. 09 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Financial sanctions enforcement: assessment and monetary penalties
Document: Enforcement and monetary penalties guidance: 15 June 2022 - 30 August 2023 (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act (2018) ("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act.

Feb. 09 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Financial sanctions enforcement: assessment and monetary penalties
Document: Monetary penalties guidance: April 2021 - Jan 2022 (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: The Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act (2018)("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act.

Feb. 09 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Financial sanctions enforcement: assessment and monetary penalties
Document: Monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions: 28 January 2022 - 15 June 2022 (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: The Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act (2018)("SAMLA") amended the 2017 Act.

Dec. 22 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Format guide for the UK Sanctions List
Document: Format guide for the UK Sanctions List (webpage)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Sanctions List, which provides a comprehensive list of those designated  under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Dec. 18 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/8202932
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Dec. 17 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7323088
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: General Licences for country sanctions regimes under regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Dec. 17 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7323088
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Autonomous Sanctions Regulations” means those sanctions regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti- Money Laundering Act

Dec. 12 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2022/1839676
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Nov. 28 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2022/2349952
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: “Financial Services” means Financial Services as defined in section 61(1) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Nov. 28 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence INT/2022/2349952
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Nov. 05 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General licence INT/2024/5394840
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Oct. 23 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: OFSI General Licence - INT/2025/7628424
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Oct. 23 2025
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Source Page: Common Legislative Solutions: a guide to tabling policy issues
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: of the Space Industry Act 2018 • paragraphs 15, 18 and 19 of Schedule 2 to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Oct. 23 2025
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Source Page: Common Legislative Solutions: a guide to tackling policy issues
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: of the Space Industry Act 2018 • paragraphs 15, 18 and 19 of Schedule 2 to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act

Oct. 20 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Haiti financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281) (the Regulations) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Oct. 20 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Haiti financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281) (the Regulations) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Oct. 20 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Haiti financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Sanctions) Regulations 202 2 (S.I. 2022/1281) (the Regulations) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Oct. 20 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Haiti financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281) (the Regulations) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Oct. 20 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Haiti financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281) (the Regulations) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act

Oct. 20 2025
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Haiti financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281) (the Regulations) were made under the Sanctions and Anti -Money Laundering Act



Non-Departmental Publications - Policy and Engagement
Feb. 16 2026
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Source Page: Ownership and Control Test in UK Financial Sanctions Regulations
Document: (PDF)
Policy and Engagement

Found: welcome responses from relevant firms (as defined in the UK regulations under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act



Deposited Papers
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: I. Guide to the UK National Security Community. 79p. II. Letter dated 24/10/2025 from Dan Jarvis to the Deposited Papers clerk regarding deposit of ‘College for National Security - Guide to the UK National Security Community for deposit in the House Libraries. 1p.
Document: CO_CfNS_National_security_guide_FINAL_Web.pdf (PDF)

Found: DBT develops and implements trade sanctions under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 on




Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Government Publications
Thursday 26th February 2026

Source Page: Common legislative solutions: a guide to tackling recurring policy issues in legislation
Document: Common legislative solutions: a guide to tackling recurring policy issues in legislation (PDF)

Found: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/4/contents) • paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act