Thursday 27th April 2023

(1 year, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Murrison
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I can give my hon. Friend the assurance he seeks.

Drew Hendry Portrait Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (SNP)
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As we have already heard this morning, the Wagner Group has admitted killing 40 children, and hundreds of civilian adults sheltering them, in a basement in Bakhmut. It is also implicated in destabilising the situation in Sudan. Why are the UK Government dragging their feet on declaring that organisation a trans-national terror organisation?

Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Murrison
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Sanctions have been placed on 1,500 people and 120 entities in connection with this conflict, including the Wagner Group and Yevgeny Progozhin.