Lord Taylor of Warwick

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support growth in UK exports in the light of recent reports from the British Chambers of Commerce that growth in orders for export has slowed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of increasing business rates on retailers' capacity to tackle low pay.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to encourage more firms to use name-blind job applications in order to counter unconscious bias.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the OECD global trade outlook and its recommendation that governments should step up investment to support growth.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to work with credit card companies to support customers who are struggling with persistent debt.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the measures small businesses can take to protect themselves from cyber-attacks.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to help SMEs expand overseas.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of social exclusion faced by people with disabilities, as compared with people from minority ethnic backgrounds and LGBT people.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support women and ethnic minorities to reach senior positions in the legal sector.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve broadband networks in the UK to support small businesses.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to encourage start-ups and boost company growth in Romford.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the slowing of economic growth in Q3.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support more programmes or competitions for university students and recent graduates to encourage them to embrace entrepreneurship.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to support growing small businesses that require more facilities after they leave business hubs.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any discussions are taking place about supporting ING Groep NV's plans to expand their small-business lending programme.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support the steel industry in the light of the director of UK Steel's statement that the steel industry is in crisis.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect small companies in the light of reports that Google’s recent update to its search algorithm reduced visitor numbers to websites owned by small United Kingdom firms.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of nuisance phone calls made in order to extract money from businesses and consumers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to improve the quality of the apprenticeship schemes, in the light of the conclusion in Ofsted's report that very few apprenticeships are delivering professional level skills.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the result of the Federation of Small Businesses poll showing that 47 per cent of small businesses would vote to stay in the European Union.