Wagner Group: Sanctions Regime Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Wagner Group: Sanctions Regime

Lord Scriven Excerpts
Thursday 26th January 2023

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Penn Portrait Baroness Penn (Con)
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I can undertake to do that and to include the strength of feeling around the question of other tools that we have at our disposal. As my noble friend noted, this would also need to be drawn to the attention of other government Ministers.

Lord Scriven Portrait Lord Scriven (LD)
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My Lords, my noble friend Lord Purvis said that he raised this organisation months ago. Once it was raised, did any government department do an assessment on this organisation? What was the outcome of that particular assessment, which stopped the organisation to date being banned?

Baroness Penn Portrait Baroness Penn (Con)
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As I said, the Government have taken action against the organisation. For example, it is subject to sanctions under the Russian sanctions regime. I have said I will need to write to noble Lords on wider matters. I undertake to do that.