ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Early day motion 1497, tabled 1 March 2011 by Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 19 members.

That this House believes in encouraging entrepreneurship; welcomes recommendations from the Federation of Small Businesses to encourage people to set up their own businesses in the light of high levels of unemployment; and calls on the Government to introduce enterprise zones as a means of generating new businesses and to strengthen the New Enterprise Allowance so that it is available to all potential applicants who want to start up a business as soon as they start claiming jobseeker's allowance.

Signatures by party: DUP 7, Liberal Democrat 5, Labour 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1.