Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen McPartland and Andrew Griffiths

Tuesday 13th March 2018 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Griffiths]

We are certainly not complacent, which was why we set up the trade body group to assess the impact of Carillion. The hon. Gentleman will be delighted to know that yesterday I spoke to Phil King, who runs the prompt payment code, and I will be meeting him later this week to discuss how we can tighten up the code and give it real teeth. We are determined to help small businesses.

[Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (Con)]

13. What plans he has for the future of local enterprise partnerships.