“To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support parenting and marriage.”
Asked by
Sir Desmond Swayne
Answering Minister
the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
Gareth Thomas
I have a high regard for Tina McKenzie and the Federation of Small Businesses more generally, and we have been working extremely closely with them on thinking through what measures should be in the small business strategy to help businesses start up, scale up and thrive more generally. I gently point the right hon. Gentleman to the slightly more positive picture painted by the fact that the bosses of small and medium-sized enterprises have more confidence. We will continue to talk to the Federation of Small Businesses, and will do so in a lot more detail.