The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Queensland (CCIQ) has leapt to the defence of Small Business Minister Kate Jones, who has been accused of misleading Parliament about red tape.

The Opposition wrote to the Speaker, Peter Wellington, after Ms Jones this week told a budget estimates hearing that nobody had asked her to keep the former government's red tape reduction target.

CCIQ met with Ms Jones on March 18 and wrote to her two weeks later supporting the target, but spokesman Nick Behrens played down the Minister's apparent oversight.

"Naturally there's a lot of water that's been under the bridge since then and I'm not surprised that in the heat of the moment Kate hasn't recalled that conversation," he told 612 ABC Brisbane.

"I don't think it was deliberate in any way."

Mr Behrens also said there was no sign that a reduced Cabinet was over-stretched.

The Palaszczuk Cabinet has only 14 ministers - five fewer than the previous government - with Ms Jones responsible for Education, Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games.

"We're yet to see signs of any cracks emerging which is good news," Mr Behrens said.

"And I think the Government has already indicated that it's going to review the arrangements at the end of this year."