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	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Asda: Sainsbury's
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2018 to Question 158768, whether his letter to the Competition and Markets Authority expressed the view that the assessment of the proposed merger of ASDA and Sainsbury's must also consider the potential effect of that merger on the high street.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Mr John Hayes
	uin	166071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s letter and the Competition and Markets Authority’s reply are available on:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/j-sainsbury-plc-asda-group-ltd-merger-inquiry" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/j-sainsbury-plc-asda-group-ltd-merger-inquiry</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/07/2018 13:06:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

985794

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Asda: Sainsbury's
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent representations he has made to the Competition and Markets Authority on the proposed merger between Sainsbury's and Asda.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Mr John Hayes
	uin	178236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State wrote to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) about the case on 16<sup>th</sup> May. The letter and the CMA’s response are available on the CMA’s website.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/10/2018 09:48:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

984844

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Business: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on supporting companies that have potential cash-flow problems after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Mr John Hayes
	uin	177594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department continues to engage regularly both across Whitehall and with business and industry on the matter of exiting the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding financial support for business, the British Business Bank already offers a number of programmes and support mechanisms to small businesses at all stages of their development. British Business Bank programmes are already supporting more than £5.2bn of finance to nearly 75,000 smaller businesses (as at August 2018).</p><p> </p><p>Through the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee programme EFG a lender is enabled to extend credit to businesses which, while viable, may have insufficient security to otherwise secure credit lines to support their businesses; this can include revolving facilities, such as overdrafts, and can be a powerful tool in supporting SMEs needing working capital.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank also supports a variety of cash flow finance options through its Investment programme, including unsecured loans to businesses through alternative providers such as debt funds and peer to peer platforms, and dedicated cash flow lenders who can advance loans to small businesses secured against their future income, such as invoices payable or future credit card payments.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses are encouraged to explore the variety of funding opportunities available to them and to visit the British Business Bank’s Finance Hub which can direct them to the most appropriate sources of support: <a href="https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/" target="_blank">https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As negotiations progress, the Department is working hard to put plans in place that ensure businesses across the UK can easily access the information they need to properly prepare for our departure from the EU.</p><p>We will continue to listen to businesses up and down the country through our regular engagements.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we will continue to publish all relevant material on gov.uk. Businesses can register to get information on the progress of negotiations direct to their inbox by signing up to the DExEU stakeholder bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/10/2018 14:31:02 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes