Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she next plans to meet the (a) CEO and (b) chair of the British Business Bank to discuss how that organisation can more effectively support Northern Ireland businesses.
I hold regular discussions with representatives of the British Business Bank, the most recent of which took place in Belfast on Wednesday 9 July 2014.
The autumn meeting of the Joint Ministerial Task Force on banking and access to finance, which I chair, will also include discussions about the implementation of Business Bank programmes in Northern Ireland.