Written Question·Treasury·UIN 80258

Capital Markets

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of dematerialisation on retail investor participation in UK capital markets.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
In July, the Digitisation Taskforce published its final report. The Taskforce, chaired by Sir Douglas Flint, assessed how the UK can eliminate the use of paper share certificates for traded companies, which create inefficiencies and costs for companies an...

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