Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL8040):
Question by Lord ALTON of Liverpool :
To ask His Majesty’s Government how many of the (1) entities, and (2) individuals, they identified as complicit or collaborating in the military coup in Burma have been sanctioned; and how long it takes from identification to implementation. (HL8040)
Tabled on: 23 May 2023
Answer:
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:
Since the coup in February 2021, the UK has issued fifteen rounds of targeted sanctions (including 20 individuals and 29 entities) to put pressure on the military regime and reduce its access to revenue, arms and equipment without harming the wider population. We have designated the military’s two key conglomerates and their 111 subsidiaries under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime.
To designate, we must ensure our measures and cases are carefully targeted and based on robust evidence before we sanction individuals, goods, services or companies. We build cases based on evidence against the criteria set out in UK sanctions regulations.
The UK has led international efforts and continue to work closely with our partners in the US, Canada and EU to ensure a strong, coordinated and targeted response to the military regime’s actions.
Date and time of answer: 07 Jun 2023 at 17:25.
