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Stephen Lloyd Excerpts

Tuesday 17th April 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hammond]

Start-up businesses involved in online shopping are able to avail themselves of the full range of support for any start-up business. There is no specific regime for online shopping businesses.

[Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Very well. If the question is a sentence, I call Stephen Lloyd.

[Stephen Lloyd]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. An elderly couple in my constituency, Mr and Mrs Fitzgerald, are about to lose their home. They have an interest-only mortgage with Santander, which does not allow mortgages for people over 75, although the Nationwide allows them for people up to 85. Will the Minister help me to persuade Santander so that Mr and Mrs Fitzgerald do not lose their home in the coming weeks?

[John Glen]

Clearly, the lending decisions of individual banks are a matter for them, but I would be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to consider the case and see what has happened.