Written Question·Treasury·UIN 97850

Business: Loans

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to further regulate business lending where (a) a private residence is used as security (b) personal guarantees are required as a condition of the loan.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
The Government has set out its plans in this area in its small business strategy, ‘Backing Your Business’, published this summer, and in the Government’s reply to the Call for Evidence on SME Finance, published earlier this month. As set out in the Govern...

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