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

I would encourage the hon. Lady to suggest to her constituent that she pursue the appeal route that each bank has to enable businesses to appeal against lending decisions. That is a very transparent process that would, one hopes, reach the outcome that her constituent wants. The hon. Lady could also encourage her constituent to approach business angels for investment. We announced in the Budget a review of venture capital trusts and enterprise investment scheme reliefs to encourage more investors to commit more money to small and medium-sized enterprises.