Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.36 of the Autumn Statement 2016, what the membership is of the advisory panel which HM Treasury has commissioned to identify barriers to accessing long-term finance for growing firms.

The Prime Minister announced on 21 November that HM Treasury will lead a review to help growing innovative firms obtain the long-term ‘patient’ finance that they need to scale up and that Sir Damon Buffini will chair the advisory panel for the review. We intend to provide further details about the review in the forthcoming Industrial Strategy Discussion Paper.