questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to use UK-based assets that were expropriated by the Assad regime for (a) aid and (b) re-development projects to help the Syrian people.
answerText: UK-based assets expropriated by the Assad regime remain frozen. As with all our sanctions, we keep our approach under review.We do not comment on future designations as to do so lessens their potential impact.
heading: Syria: Development Aid