Question follow-through · 113526
Digital Markets Champion: Public Appointments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the importance of appointing a Digital Markets Champion with experience and understanding of digital assets and distributed ledger technologies, to help position the UK as a global hu
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the importance of appointing a Digital Markets Champion with experience and understanding of digital assets and distributed ledger technologies, to help position the UK as a global hu
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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25 Feb 2026
Answer published
Last July the government published the Wholesale Financial Markets Digital Strategy. The strategy announced that the government will appoint an industry expert as Wholesale Digital Markets Champion, who will provide leadership from, and for, the sector on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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