§ Lord Inchyraasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many complaints they have received from small businesses about their banks and how many of those complaints were about interest rates or interest margins.
The Minister of State, Department of Transport (The Earl of Caithness)Between 1st November 1992 and 1st February 1993 we have received some 750 complaints from small businesses about their banks, of which around 320 were about interest rates.