Bank Lending (Small Businesses)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 21 June 2011.

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Photo of Mark Hoban Mark Hoban The Financial Secretary to the Treasury 2:30, 21 June 2011

We must ensure that banks signal to businesses that they are open for business and that they have the capacity to lend to businesses. That is why we work with the banks to deliver Project Merlin, but, as I have said, there is more work for the banks to do to ensure they lend to small businesses, and we will continue to hold them to account on that.