Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress his Department has made on the Small Business Command Paper.

We launched ‘Backing Your Business – our plan for small and medium-sized enterprises’ on 31 July. It is a long-term strategy focussing on five areas:

1. Fixing the Fundamentals by tackling late payments and cutting regulatory burdens
2. Unlocking Access to Finance
3. Backing the Everyday Economy by revitalising our high streets
4. Future-Proofing SMEs with support for digital adoption
5. Opening Up Opportunities through export support, public procurement reform, and a new Business Growth Service

This strategy, together with the Industrial Strategy, is just the start of our commitment to work hand-in-hand with SMEs to drive growth.