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Latest news on the Sanctions (Human Rights Abuse and Corruption) Bill 2017-19

Order for Second Reading on Friday 26 October, read and discharged. Bill withdrawn on Tuesday 9 October 2018.

Summary of the Sanctions (Human Rights Abuse and Corruption) Bill 2017-19

A Bill to enable the Secretary of State to refuse entry, or to vary or curtail leave to enter or remain already granted, to a person who is a non-UK or non-EEA national who is known to be, or to have been, involved in gross human rights abuses or in certain acts of corruption; to make provision for financial sanctions against a person who is a non-UK or non-EEA national who is known to be, or to have been, involved in gross human rights abuses or in certain acts of corruption; and for connected purposes.