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Select Committee
Lancaster University
 RFS0002 - Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: Much stronger sanctions, banning any trade with countries like Iran or Cuba for instance, are strictly

Select Committee
Self
 RFS0001 - Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: Between mid-2018 and early 2023, I principally supported FCDO’s Iran Desk with the mess created by

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: UK targets Iran’s ability to launch drones through new round of sanctions
Document: UK targets Iran’s ability to launch drones through new round of sanctions (webpage)

Found: UK joins the US and Canada in announcing latest sanctions against Iran, following the regime’s attack

Lords Chamber
Defence Spending - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None culminating in Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel 10 days ago conducted in parallel with the proxies Iran - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) global crises, which we see from authoritarian regimes—as His Majesty’s Government have suggested, Iran - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: John Cryer (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) friend Frank, whom I knew for many years.It is widely acknowledged, in this Chamber and elsewhere, that Iran - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) co-ordinated approach and are clear about the threats we face from hostile states—Russia, North Korea, Iran - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 - Thu 25 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) He was told that, in Iran, he would get his head cut off for being gay. - Speech Link

Written Question
Iran: Israel
Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Tobias Ellwood (Conservative - Bournemouth East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what maritime assets are being sent to the Middle East following Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

As of 22 April 2024, there are no plans to reposition additional maritime assets to the Middle East. However, the UK remains ready to respond to the evolving situation as required. The Ministry of Defence has bolstered its contribution to maritime security in the region with the deployment of HMS Diamond, in support of Op PROSPERITY GUARDIAN, joining HMS Lancaster deployed in support of the long standing Op KIPION.

Select Committee
University of Exeter, and British Armed Forces

Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: We won’t worry about North Korea and Iran. We will just go back to the idea of prosperity”.

Select Committee
Lord Sumption, Lord Ricketts, UK Lawyers for Israel, and Richard Kemp CBE

Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: We have seen, only two weekends ago, an unprecedented and direct attack by Iran on Israel, which many