Oral QuestionDepartment for International Development

What discussions she has had with her international counterparts on requiring private creditors to cancel debt owed by developing countries during the covid-19 pandemic.

Tabled: 4 June 2020Answered: 10 June 2020

Asked by

Clive Efford

LabourEltham and Chislehurst

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Development

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Wales (Jo Stevens)

I am sure the whole House will wish to join me in sending our deepest sympathy to the family, friends and neighbours of Joanne Penney, who was callously murdered in Talbot Green on Sunday. It is a shocking and horrific crime. We have protected the smallest businesses and more than doubled the employment allowance to £10,500, meaning that over half of small and micro businesses will pay less or no national insurance contributions at all. In Wales, small and medium-sized companies account for 99.3% of total enterprises.