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Commons · Question 89228 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

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Asked by Warinder Juss

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps she has taken to assess the unregulated lending market.

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Answered by Lucy Rigby, 17 Nov 2025

The market for lending in the UK is diverse. Consumer credit is highly regulated, while business lending is largely a commercial matter save for regulatory protections that are afforded to the smallest businesses, requiring protections equivalent to those...