Richard Graham
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(10 years, 8 months ago)
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Jenny Willott
The hon. Lady will know that the Government looked at zero-hours contracts last summer, and are currently consulting on related issues such as exclusivity clauses and so on, which are just some of the problems that people have highlighted. Following on from that consultation, we will look at what measures need to be taken to ensure that such contracts are used positively and not to cause problems for those who are being exploited by them.
Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con)
22. What steps he is taking to raise awareness of export support services among small and medium-sized businesses.
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Michael Fallon)
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave some moments ago.
Richard Graham
On my last trade envoy mission to Indonesia, I arranged for a film to be made of about a dozen SMEs that were with me before, during and after the mission in order to show it at later seminars across the country to convince small businesses that they can export successfully to far-away growth markets. Does my right hon. Friend agree that such low-cost films made by different trade envoys in different markets could be an attractive tool to encourage SMEs to export?
Mr Speaker
I have just learned something new. I did not know that the hon. Gentleman was a trade envoy, but I do now and I am pleased to learn it.