Small Businesses: Late Payments
Debate between Viscount Younger of Leckie and Lord Methuen
Viscount Younger of Leckie
That is a very specific question. I will certainly write to the noble Lord on the specific aspects of that.
Lord Methuen (LD)
Is the Minister aware that, due to the inefficiency of the Stortext system used by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department to pay its accounts with firms such as costs lawyers, some of these small firms have outstanding accounts going back to May? This compares unfavourably with HMRC, which pays its accounts with minimum delay.
Viscount Younger of Leckie
My noble friend makes a good point, of which the House will certainly now be aware—as am I.