Nadhim Zahawi corrected the Commons record on Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

12 November 2020 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The words were spoken in the Commons on 5 November 2020. The correction was made by letter from the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi), and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 12 November 2020. The correction replaced 3 figures (£2.4 billion, £4.4 billion, £7.2 billion) with 3 figures (£2.8 billion, £5 billion, £8.2 billion). Altogether 12 words differ between the two versions.

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The Government acknowledge that access to debt finance is important, but it can only form part of our approach to supporting businesses through this period. We have already provided the devolved Administrations with unprecedented up-front funding guarantees, so that they have the certainty they need to decide how and when to provide support. The funding guarantees to the Scottish Government are worth ~~£7.2 billion,~~ to the Welsh Government ~~£4.4 billion,~~ and to Northern Ireland ~~£2.4~~ billion.	The Government acknowledge that access to debt finance is important, but it can only form part of our approach to supporting businesses through this period. We have already provided the devolved Administrations with unprecedented up-front funding guarantees, so that they have the certainty they need to decide how and when to provide support. The funding guarantees to the Scottish Government are worth £8.2 billion , to the Welsh Government £5 billion , and to Northern Ireland £2.8 billion.

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The Government acknowledge that access to debt finance is important, but it can only form part of our approach to supporting businesses through this period. We have already provided the devolved Administrations with unprecedented up-front funding guarantees, so that they have the certainty they need to decide how and when to provide support. The funding guarantees to the Scottish Government are worth ~~£7.2 billion,~~ to the Welsh Government ~~£4.4 billion,~~ and to Northern Ireland ~~£2.4~~ billion.

The Government acknowledge that access to debt finance is important, but it can only form part of our approach to supporting businesses through this period. We have already provided the devolved Administrations with unprecedented up-front funding guarantees, so that they have the certainty they need to decide how and when to provide support. The funding guarantees to the Scottish Government are worth £8.2 billion , to the Welsh Government £5 billion , and to Northern Ireland £2.8 billion.

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