HC Deb 25 March 1999 vol 328 cc354-5W
30. Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to review the Business Links services; and if he will make a statement. [77067]

Mr. Wills

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made a statement to the House last week which detailed our plans to create a new Small Business Service about which we will be consulting widely. As part of that consultation, I will be inviting views from Business Link Partnerships, small firms and their representative organisation, and other interested bodies, on how best we can deliver coherent, high-quality support programmes to smaller firms.