Member

I understand that the Government are hopeful that money from deposits—the free money—will go into UK SMEs. I say to the Minister that I think he is an optimist, as I do not think a lot of it will happen, but we must recognise that, as UK SMEs scale up, they have a high failure rate—it is about 49%—so there is a real impact in fuelling those kinds of investments. We must be careful not to take financial stability for granted but to understand that it requires constant vigilance. If the Minister could help me with those issues, I would be grateful.