Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Wednesday 20th April 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Russia: Sanctions

The following are extracts from the statement on Russia: Sanctions on 31 January 2022.

[Elizabeth Truss]

We have already taken steps to tighten up our regime on corruption and illicit finance through the Criminal Finances Act 2017, the global anti-corruption sanctions regimes that we have put in place and our review of all tier 1 visas granted before 5 April.

[Official Report, 31 January 2022, Vol. 708, c. 58.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the right hon. Member for South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss).

An error has been identified in my response to the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy).

The correct information should have been:

[Elizabeth Truss]

We have already taken steps to tighten up our regime on corruption and illicit finance through the Criminal Finances Act 2017, the global anti-corruption sanctions regimes that we have put in place and our review of all tier 1 visas granted before 5 April 2015.

[Elizabeth Truss]

We are reviewing the tier 1 visas that were granted before 5 April.

[Official Report, 31 January 2022, Vol. 708, c. 60.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the right hon. Member for South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss).

An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock).

The correct information should have been:

[Elizabeth Truss]

We are reviewing the tier 1 visas that were granted before 5 April 2015.