To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the likely effects on levels of bank lending of the measures proposed in his Budget statement.

Treasury Ministers and officials receive representations from a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such representations.

The Bank of England will publish a monthly report on 'Trends in Lending'. The first report in this series was published on 21 April.