Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the recommendations on shareholder rights in the interim report of the Digitisation Taskforce, published on 11 July 2023.

The Digitisation Taskforce, chaired by Sir Douglas Flint, was launched by the Chancellor on 19 July 2022 to drive forward the modernisation of the UK’s shareholding framework. The Taskforce published its interim report in July 2023, setting out a number of potential recommendations and questions for industry to consider. Sir Douglas is engaging industry ahead of delivering the final report to Government. Once the final report is produced, the Government will make an assessment of the recommendations and set out its plans for actions it intends to take in response.