Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Russell Brown Excerpts
Thursday 10th April 2014

(10 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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I would be delighted to speak to the hon. Gentleman to understand more about the packaging recycling industry and to see whether we can tackle that problem.

Russell Brown Portrait Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab)
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If we are to grow the economy and increase exports, we need to ensure that there is support for SMEs. In the last quarter, net lending to small and medium-sized enterprises fell by more then £1 billion. When will Ministers get a grip and start backing our wealth creators to take on employees and develop greater opportunities for exports?