Family Businesses Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Family Businesses

Jack Rankin Excerpts
Wednesday 26th February 2025

(1 day, 13 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lewis Cocking Portrait Lewis Cocking
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My hon. Friend makes an important point. I go out and speak to farmers and small business owners, as he does in his constituency, and I have met not one who thinks the Government are on the right path. I do not know who Labour Members speak to in their constituencies because—

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What my hon. Friend says from a sedentary position is probably correct. Businesses and farmers in my constituency think that the Government have sold them down the river and led them up the garden path—they are doing things that they did not think they would do when they were trying to get into power. We have not heard from the Government what they are doing to support businesses and family businesses.