Debates between Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Barker of Battle during the 2010-2015 Parliament

Mon 31st Oct 2011
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Debate between Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Barker of Battle
Monday 31st October 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness Morgan of Cotes Portrait Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con)
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I understand the necessity of ensuring a sustainable scheme, but will the Minister assure me that the voices of small companies such as C. Gascoigne, a family-based electrical installation company in my constituency, will be heard as part of the consultation and that it will not be left just to the big companies to set the policy?

Lord Barker of Battle Portrait Gregory Barker
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Absolutely. It is because we value the work of small and medium-sized enterprises and smaller companies that we do not want many of the larger companies simply to gobble up the whole budget within months. We will be listening carefully to SMEs and trying to provide a sustainable pathway that they can build on.