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"Mr President, I am very pleased that this item and our question are on the agenda for debate today, but I am not so happy with the replies that are forthcoming. It is a very lonely matter for small businesses to start and to grow – and even to survive – and we need to give them all the assistance we can that is reasonable.
The concerns of small businesses are fairly consistent over the years. First of all, they need access to information. They need assistance in finding out where to get help. Secondly, they need assistance to gain access to finance. It is particularly difficult for people to raise small loans; banks hate lending small amounts of money to people and small enterprises; they like big amounts which they can manage and charge good fees on. That is a big challenge. But we can do something about the burden of administration, of red tape. Complying with regulations is more difficult for small businesses than it is for larger firms.
I want to close by saying that, for the longer term, I hope the Commission will take on board the last point in our question about allocating unspent balances in other budget lines to research and development. That is the way to help jobs and wealth creation for the future."@en1
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