Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason Russian Federation cargo has not been sanctioned following the implementation of sanctions on Russian Federation vessels as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.

My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has announced the largest and most severe package of economic sanctions Russia has ever seen. The UK Government has banned all ships that are Russian owned, operated, controlled, chartered, registered or flagged from entering British ports. Ships carrying cargo from Russia are not within the scope of these specific transport sanctions. However, we continue to consider further trade measures to support our policy of ratcheting up economic pressure on Russia. We already prohibit the export of a range of goods critical to Russia's strategic economy and have severely limited Putin's access to finance. Nothing is off the table until Putin reverses his illegal invasion of Ukraine, stops undermining Ukraine's sovereignty and abides by international law.