Dawn Butler makes a powerful point about inherited debts being owed by the modern generation. I'd like to thank her for this. It today's terms freeing the slaves cost around £17Billion (using GDP values) on top of which Royal Navy deployments for the 60 years or so they were active in hunting down the slaves ships and disrupting the slave trade cost the UK another £30Billion to £50Billion at today's value (again using GDP values). Using the figures above we get a sum of between £47Billion and £67Billion that Black Britains and Black people from the former Empire owe the UK Treasury. And this is before any calculation is considered for the compensation to the families of the 17,000 sailors who died on these operations. Having explained so cogently why this sum should be paid I look forward to @DawnButlerBrent's suggestions as to a payment plan.