Views small supplies not starting (7)
I believe the answer is:
surveys
'views' is the definition.
'small supplies not starting' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'supplies' becomes 'purveys' (purvey can mean to supply or provide).
'not starting' means to remove the first letter.
'purveys' with its initial letter taken off is 'urveys'.
's'+'urveys'='SURVEYS'
(Other definitions for surveys that I've seen before include "Looks over" , "Reports on state of buildings" , "Investigations of the opinions of groups" , "Examines, views" .)