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Debate between Oliver Letwin and Andrew Selous(13 years, 6 months ago)
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Mr Letwin
The right hon. Lady is confusing two levels of lending and investment. There is the question of what the big society bank demands of the investments that it makes, and as I have said, that will be both a social return and a modest financial return, but not the type of commercial return that one might make with a hedge fund or in another such way. Then there is the relationship between the big society bank and the main commercial banks that are party to the Merlin agreement. My right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General is currently discussing the exact terms on which that investment will be made. It will have to be compatible with social objectives and the social returns that the big society bank is intended to make.
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con)
10. What recent progress his Department has made on establishing public sector mutuals.