Monday 28th February 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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We have announced more than 120 businesses and oligarchs who have already been sanctioned. There is a list that we are working through, and we will be announcing more as soon as the evidence is ready.

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey) (Con)
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May I commend the resolute approach being taken by my right hon. Friend and ask whether she will consider secondary sanctions—sanctions not against Russian entities but against entities in other countries that seek to profit from the gap left in trade—as it is totally unacceptable for others to profiteer from this invasion. The move will also increase the pressure on Russia, as it did successfully on Iran.

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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Yes, we are looking at that, and my right hon. Friend is 100% right.