Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Evans and Danny Alexander

Tuesday 21st June 2011 Commons Chamber

[Danny Alexander]

I can certainly confirm that we will not repeat that mistake. We have all seen the document entitled, “We’ve spent all this money, but what have we got for it?” It is very important that this country maintains the spending plans we set out in the spending review, in order to deliver the deficit reduction that this country needs to establish confidence in our economy.

[Chris Evans (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op)]

7. What assessment he has made of trends in bank lending to small businesses in the first quarter of 2011.