Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reputational risks associated with hosting an International Monetary Fund event at which Christine Lagarde, who was found guilty in France of criminal negligence in 2016, gave a speech.

On 20 December 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde spoke at a Press Conference in HM Treasury after the completion of the IMF’s annual Article IV assessment of the UK economy. She did this in her official capacity as the Managing Director of the IMF.

In 2016, the IMF Executive Board issued a statement reaffirming its full confidence in the Managing Director’s ability to continue to effectively carry out her duties. The UK supported this statement.

This followed a decision by France’s Cour de Justice de la République that Lagarde’s action were not serious enough to warrant any penalty, nor a criminal record.