Baroness Kramer
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Economy: Private Capital Investment
Baroness Kramer Excerpts(12 years, 11 months ago)
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Lord Sassoon
My Lords, the enterprise zones are not limited to any particular sector.
Baroness Kramer
My Lords, the Minister will be aware that the banking industry is not serving this aspect of investment particularly well and that barriers to entry are limiting new banks. Is he therefore observing the growth of peer-to-peer lending and will he give us some assurance that those new lenders entering the market will be appropriately regulated but not to the point of being stifled?
Lord Sassoon
My Lords, we are very interested in anything that keeps credit flowing. However, although my noble friend is very good at reminding us of that issue, we are getting a bit far away from fiscal measures.