§ Mr. Hancockasked the Paymaster General if he will institute an investigation into the case of a loan, given under the small firms loan guarantee scheme, to Mogul Foods Limited, Portsmouth, on 5 August 1982; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierNo. The lender in this case made a claim on the Government guarantee, which was paid in April 1983. My Department has no reason to doubt that the guarantee and the subsequent claim were valid under the terms of the scheme.