Small Businesses: Invoice Payments Debate

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Lord Tomlinson

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Small Businesses: Invoice Payments

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Tuesday 26th October 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

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Ensuring that banks keep things flowing for business is a long-standing issue. It is very important to ensure that the banks do everything they can in that regard, and for us to ensure that we provide the freedom and flexibility to enable businesses in this country to maintain the business flow which is badly needed right now.

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Bearing in mind the earlier Question answered by the noble Lord, Lord Sassoon, does the noble Baroness think that it represents value for money to have Sir Philip Green produce a report for Government of which Government do not seem to be aware?

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I do not really think I ought to answer questions that were directed at my noble friend.