Written Question·Treasury·UIN 77229

Freezing of Assets: Russia

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with his European Union counterparts on (a) seeking to increase the level of profits from frozen Russian assets and (b) sharing the legal risks of doing taking such an approach.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
The Chancellor is actively engaging with our EU partners, including recently at ECOFIN, and through regular discussions with G7 finance ministers to explore all viable legal avenues to make use of Russia’s sovereign assets for the benefit of Ukraine, in l...

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