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Overseas Trade

Question for Treasury

UIN HL1239, tabled on 14 December 2023

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether to align new rules on reducing settlement times for trades with the United States or the European Union.

Answered on

21 December 2023

In December 2022 the Chancellor established the ‘Accelerated Settlement Taskforce’. This industry taskforce will examine the case for trades to be settled more quickly in the UK, such as moving to a ‘T+1’ standard settlement period. The full terms of reference can be found on gov.uk[1]. The government looks forward to receiving the taskforce’s recommendations and setting out its next steps as appropriate.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accelerated-settlement-taskforce

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