Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 179434, if he will list the (a) finance industry and (b) business groups that were involved in the discussions referenced in that Answer; and if he will publish the minutes of those discussions.

As set out in our previous response HM Treasury, BEIS and the British Business Bank (BBB) engaged with a range of stakeholders from the finance industry to ensure the covid loan schemes could efficiently deliver support to those businesses most in need of Government-backed finance. This included banks, building societies, non-bank lenders and trade associations.

Details of all ministerial meetings are published on the department’s transparency returns.