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Debate between Mark Pawsey and Mary Macleod
Thursday 20th December 2012
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Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)
4. What steps he is taking to increase the number of small and medium-sized enterprises which export to international markets.
Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con)
8. What steps he is taking to increase the number of small and medium-sized enterprises which export to international markets.
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Michael Fallon)
Exporting is a key part of the Government’s plans to return the economy to sustained and balanced growth. That is why we have increased funding to UK Trade and Investment in the autumn statement—an extra £140 million over the next two years—enabling UKTI to double the number of small and medium-sized firms supported from 25,000 to 50,000 by 2015.