Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with representatives of the financial services industry on the potential (a) unification by Unilever of its dual-headed corporate structure to the Netherlands and (b) implications of that unification for Unilever's remaining a constituent of the FTSE 100 index; and if he will make a statement.

Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.

Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-giftsand-overseas-travel