Written question asked by Andy McDonald (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 July 2026. It was answered by Rachel Blake (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 July 2026 on behalf of the Treasury.
Money Laundering: Israeli Settlements and Syria
- Question
-
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of whether UK persons and regulated businesses are exposed to money laundering risks through transactions involving companies whose goods or revenues are wholly or partly generated from Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
- Answer
-
The MLRs do not prescribe separate requirements on supervisors in relation to commercial activity involving particular geographic areas or territories. Regulated businesses and firms are required to consider relevant risk factors relating to customers, transactions and the countries and geographical areas in which they operate. Anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) supervisors help businesses and firms comply with the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs), this includes issuing relevant guidance. HM Treasury publishes an annual report on supervision activity using information requested from supervisors.
The Government keeps threats posed by money laundering and terrorist financing under review and works with supervisors, law enforcement agencies and the private sector to identify and address emerging risks. HMT and the Home Office jointly-published the latest National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing in 2025. This is used to inform regulated businesses’ own risk assessments, along with supervisors’ risk assessments and other sources of risk information and intelligence.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 14343
- Session
- 2026-27
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Money laundering Occupied territories Syria Israeli settlements
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2026-07-07 15:03:55 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/14343
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/14343
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/14343