Question follow-through · 42121
Debts: Private Sector
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to compel private creditors to participate in debt relief.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 4 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to compel private creditors to participate in debt relief.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Apr 2025
Answer published
The UK, alongside the G20 and Paris Club, expects creditors, including private creditors, to participate in international debt restructurings on comparable terms.At this stage, the government is not pursuing a legislative approach that would force private...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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