Coronavirus: Employment Support

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 19 March 2020.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Peter Aldous Peter Aldous Conservative, Waveney 10:30, 19 March 2020

The feedback I am receiving is that many businesses will have difficulty in accessing Government loans because of restrictions they have in granting additional security to a new lender. With that in mind, may I urge the Government to support payroll costs far more directly, as other European Governments are doing? This is the way to avoid large-scale redundancies.