Seventy Ninth Group: Insolvency
Commons · Question 68722 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Sir John Whittingdale
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that investors in 79th Group receive adequate compensation.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 23 Jul 2025
As an important point of principle, the Government does not step in to pay compensation in respect of failed financial services firms that fall outside of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Doing so would create the wrong set of incentives...