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Recommendation 9

2nd Report - A cautious embrace: defending democracy in an age of autocracies Published 5 Nov 2019 Paragraph 33 Addressed to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We reiterate our recommendation that the Government appoint a Senior Responsible Official with personal accountability to the National Security Council for devising and implementing sanctions policy. This is a necessary step to ensure the cross- departmental coherence, and greater effectiveness, of the UK’s sanctions policy.

From: Foreign Affairs Committee, 2nd Report - A cautious embrace: defending democracy in an age of autocracies (HC 109), paragraph 33, 5 November 2019

Government response

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