Money Laundering Debate

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Department: Home Office
Monday 19th March 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ben Wallace Portrait Mr Wallace
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I will ask the Treasury, which leads on economic sanctions, to write to the hon. Lady with exact details of what assessment it has made of their impact. Sanctions, of course, do work in a number of scenarios. That is why we are keen to get the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill through the House of Commons, working together to make sure that we get the Magnitsky amendment correct. It is certainly why this piece of legislation is very important.

Stephen Kinnock Portrait Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon) (Lab)
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France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and many other countries have opened criminal investigations into the people who are directly responsible for the brutal murder of Sergei Magnitsky. Why is the United Kingdom the only country not to have done so?