Juan Guaidó

(asked on 1st July 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has taken steps to release assets held by the Bank of England to the Official Representative to the UK of interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaidó; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
John Glen Portrait
John Glen
This question was answered on 8th July 2019

Assets held on behalf of foreign central banks are a matter for the Bank of England. HM Treasury only has direct control over the UK Government’s own holdings of gold within its official reserves, which are held at the Bank of England.

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