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Chelsea Football Club: Sales

Commons · Question 38923 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 20 Mar 2025

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Asked by Calum Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had legal advice on its powers to enforce the agreement with Roman Abramovich on the sale of Chelsea Football Club on the spending of proceeds in s

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 20 Mar 2025

This issue primarily involves responsibilities of Ministers in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, HM Treasury and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The proceeds from the sale of Chelsea FC are frozen in a UK bank account. We are ...