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Establishing A Small Business Administration

EDM number 2873 in 2010-12, proposed by Stephen Lloyd on 15/03/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Economic situation and Small businesses.

That this House calls on the Government to recognise the importance of small firms to economic prosperity and to support calls from the Federation of Small Businesses to establish a small business administration within Government to provide a dedicated, specific and independent advocate for small businesses' needs; and urges that this body should be the conduit for all Government decisions related to small business to ensure that the volume and complexity of decisions taken by Government departments would be clearly scrutinised by a dedicated small business unit to ensure that Government decisions and regulations would not be detrimental to the small and medium-size business sector.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Pugh09/03/2012SouthportLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock09/03/2012Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Dan Rogerson09/03/2012North CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
Stephen Lloyd15/03/2012EastbourneLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Russell15/03/2012ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan15/03/2012FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
John Leech20/03/2012Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams20/03/2012Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Crockart21/03/2012Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland21/03/2012Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Banks21/03/2012Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
David Simpson21/03/2012Upper BannDUPSigned
Margaret Ritchie21/03/2012South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Caroline Lucas22/03/2012Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Roger Williams22/03/2012Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams22/03/2012CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Esterson22/03/2012Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Julian Huppert26/03/2012CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Naomi Long27/03/2012Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Menzies Campbell27/03/2012North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt27/03/2012SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Henderson27/03/2012Sittingbourne and SheppeyConservativeSigned
Robert Smith16/04/2012West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes30/04/2012Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSigned

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