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Small Businesses: Finance

Asked by Gareth ThomasLabour (Co-op)TreasuryTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 86595

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take legislative steps to reform the Bank Referral Scheme to ensure that SMEs are referred to the (a) most appropriate and (b) best value funding option.

Answered by Lucy Rigby

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 28 October to PQ 84135.

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