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Rural Banking Services

EDM number 350 in 1999-00, proposed by Paul Marsden on 03/02/2000.

That this House condemns the proposals by Lloyds TSB Bank to close its rural branch in Pontesbury near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, which has approximately 400 customers served by two members of staff; notes that Lloyds TSB proposes to close another six branches in the West Midlands this year; deplores this continuing systematic closure of rural branches by Lloyds TSB and other major banks; recognises that rural branches provide not just important banking services but also a focal point for village life, enabling particularly the elderly, disabled and young easier access to services which would otherwise require them to travel large distances to urban banks; calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to write to Sir Brian Pitman, Chairman of Lloyds TSB, to urge him to end their rural branch closure programme in Pontesbury, across Shropshire and across the country; and calls upon the Minister for the Cabinet Office to investigate the level of banking services in rural areas and publish the findings as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Marsden03/02/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourProposed
Paul Keetch03/02/2000HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew03/02/2000StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Peter Bradley03/02/2000Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Diana Organ03/02/2000Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn04/02/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes04/02/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar07/02/2000Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Mark Oaten07/02/2000WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Godman07/02/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Colin Breed08/02/2000South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Clarke08/02/2000MidlothianLabourSigned
David Taylor08/02/2000North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Simon Thomas09/02/2000CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
David Stewart09/02/2000Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Brian Cotter09/02/2000Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable09/02/2000TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake09/02/2000Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/02/2000Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Salter09/02/2000Reading WestLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn10/02/2000Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
David Rendel10/02/2000NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Ruane10/02/2000Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/02/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Andrew George10/02/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Kerry Pollard11/02/2000St AlbansLabourSigned
Bill Etherington15/02/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer16/02/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis22/02/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson07/03/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Alan Hurst09/03/2000BraintreeLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours13/03/2000WorkingtonLabourSigned
Nigel Jones14/03/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned

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