Oral Question·Department for Transport
“What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of ticket office closures on rail users.”
Tabled: 6 July 2023Answered: 13 July 2023
Asked by
Ian Byrne
Labour — Liverpool West Derby
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
Our small business plan was drawn up with small businesses. I sent the hon. Member a copy online; I hope that she shared that with the 3,000 small businesses in her constituency. That shows what we are doing. [Hon. Members: “Rubbish!”] Well, Conservative Members shout “rubbish”, but this is what small businesses asked us to do. There is £1 billion of additional lending to small businesses and £3 billion extra for small businesses to scale up, and we are dealing with late payments in the biggest reform for 25 years.