To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026 to question 124889 on Defence: Development Aid, whether it remains his policy to spend 100 percent of the reduction in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget on defe
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal framework for payments initiated by autonomous software agents.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to recognise autonomous software agents as a distinct class of payment initiator as part of the review of payments legislation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to establish liability and consumer redress arrangements for transactions initiated by an autonomous software agent acting outside the scope of its mandate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Payments Vision Delivery Committee has considered agent-initiated payments; and when he expects the Committee to report on that work.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to establish a testing environment for agent-initiated payments covering both card and tokenised settlement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with international counterparts on standards for agent-initiated payments, including through the G20 cross-border payments roadmap.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of agent-initiated payments on the volume of low-value, high-frequency transactions and on the capacity of UK payment systems to process them.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to use the powers in the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2026 to establish a mutual recognition framework for digital assets, including stablecoins, to support the UK's competitivene
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of modern capital instruments to enable non-member investment in co-operatives.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK sanctions against Roman Abramovich allow for expenditure on (a) public relations and (b) public affairs firms, under the term of the OFSI consents and licences.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the Financial Conduct Authority since the Government Chief Co
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 on Government Communications Service: Staff and 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many Financial Conduct Autho
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the criteria used by LINK when determining whether a community should receive a banking hub; and what steps he is taking to help ensure that communities which ha
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what alternative routes are available to communities following a decision by LINK not to recommend a banking hub for their area.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed payments innovation objective on the international competitiveness of UK financial services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed payments innovation objective on the time taken by innovative payments businesses to obtain regulatory approval.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed payments innovation objective on private investment in UK payments infrastructure.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury closed consultation, Future regulatory regime for benchmarks and benchmark administrators, December 2025, and with reference to the answer of 12 January 2026, to Question 102334, on Def
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16191 on Child Trust Fund, if he will provide an update on the work of the CTF taskforce to improve tracing approaches for unclaimed funds.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16191 on Child Trust Fund, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of unclaimed Child Trust Fund accounts registered to (a) currently and (b) previously l
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mortgage lending practices for buy-to-let properties on housing affordability for owner-occupiers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (i) Financial Conduct Authority and (ii) Bank of England on the regulatory implications of increased cross-border use of stablecoins between the UK and the United States.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the UK Asset Resolution Annual Report and Accounts 2025-2026, published 19 August 2026, what proportion of the assets in each of the (a) NRAM and (b) B&B funded defined benefit pension schemes are
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of Official Development Assistance spending targets relative to domestic infrastructure priorities.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2052 on Sanctions, whether any of the general licences granted by OFSI allow for the ancillary provision of public relations and public affairs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of greater co-ordination between public finance institutions to increase investment in strategically important sectors identified in the industrial strategy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department's Access to Banking Services Review will consider the introduction of a baseline level of access to in-person banking services, including the potential contribution of the Post Office network.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department's Access to Banking Services Review will assess the potential impact of the Post Office network on providing access to in-person banking services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints relating to Buy-Now, Pay-Later products were received by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been issued to Buy-Now, Pay-Later providers on referring customers in financial difficulty to debt advice services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been issued to Buy-Now, Pay-Later providers on referring customers in financial difficulty to debt advice services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124889 on Defence: Development Aid, whether it remains his policy to spend 100 percent of the reduction in the Official Development Assistance budget on def
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of allowing a private equity firm to use public funds to impose a lower value bid on UK retail shareholders on confidence in the London market and promoting wider
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority has undertaken a (a) review and (b) follow-up assessment of the findings of the 2017 Asset Management Market Study; and if he will publish any resulting findings.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Financial Conduct Authority has made of the potential impact of charging active management fees on fund holdings invested in passive index-tracking products on its Consumer Duty and fair value re
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the additional annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing Official Development Assistance spending from 0.3 per cent to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income in each of the next fi
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has the Government made of whether lenders' published eligibility criteria for interest-only and part-interest arrangements are attainable for borrowers in financial difficulty who are not high-net-w
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Listings Taskforce has made towards increasing the number of (i) domestic and (iI) international companies listing on UK markets since its establishment.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what outcome targets have been set for the Listings Taskforce for (i) the number of UK companies listing in the UK, (ii) the number of overseas companies choosing UK markets and (iii) the value of capital raised thr
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which sectors the Listings Taskforce has identified as having the greatest potential to increase the number of companies listing on UK markets.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what metrics the Listings Taskforce is using to assess whether its work is improving the attractiveness and competitiveness of UK capital markets.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the progress of the Listings Taskforce in reducing the barriers identified by businesses considering a UK listing.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of the Listings Taskforce increasing the number of UK listings.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with mutual building societies on their role in increasing sustainable homeownership and supporting economic growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are in place to evaluate the economic impact of increased pension investment in innovative businesses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of UK-based institutional investors participating in early-stage venture capital markets.