United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 67075
Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves: Sales
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1 November 2021
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9 November 2021 · Answer
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9 November 2021
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of selling existing foreign currency reserves for the Government's public sector net debt; and if he will make a statement.
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1 November 2021
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of selling existing foreign currency reserves for the Government's public sector net debt; and if he will make a statement.
Source: Commons
9 November 2021
Answer
There has been no assessment made of the effects of selling existing foreign currency reserves. The reserves have a clearly defined function as set out in the Exchange Equalisation Account (EEA) Act 1979. The foreign exchange reserves are held on a precau...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-01/67075
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1364997
- uk · wq-1364997 · source updated 9 November 2021