Impact On Jobs And Branch Closures Of The Proposed Merger Of Lloyds Tsb And Abbey National

EDM number 273 in 2000-01, proposed by Martin Salter on 30/01/2001.

That this House notes that the Office of Fair Trading is currently considering the proposition of a merger between Abbey National, the fifth largest UK bank, and Lloyds TSB, the third largest bank; further notes that there are 600 Abbey National branch offices within half a mile of a Lloyds TSB branch office; believes these would ultimately be vulnerable to closure, thus reducing customer choice; fears that approximately 8,000 jobs could be lost following any merger between Lloyds TSB and Abbey National; understands that most of the staff in these posts would be female and part time, and a significant number will be aged over 45; notes that according to the latest Lloyds TSB annual report, 16,724 jobs were lost in the four years following the last time Lloyds merged with another bank, the TSB; recalls that the Cruikshank review of banking services stated that 'relatively few mergers among the top ten banks in the UK could presently be argued to be in the public interest' and concluded that the Government should, until the merger law is reform, 'refer all mergers between financial suppliers to the Competition Commission for investigation'; acknowledges that two of the trade unions with members employed by Lloyds TSB and Abbey National, namely UNIFI, the largest trade union for financial services workers and the Abbey National Staff Association, have called for the merger to be referred to the Competition Commission; and calls on all the competition authorities to ensure that the Competition Commission has the opportunity to examine in detail and at length the many and serious issues of public interest that the merger raises.

This motion has been signed by a total of 161 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Salter	30/01/2001	Reading West	Labour	Proposed
Julian Lewis	30/01/2001	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	30/01/2001	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	30/01/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	30/01/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	31/01/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	31/01/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/01/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	31/01/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Vincent Cable	31/01/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	31/01/2001	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	31/01/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	31/01/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	31/01/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	31/01/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/02/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	01/02/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	01/02/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	01/02/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	01/02/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/02/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/02/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	01/02/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/02/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	01/02/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	02/02/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/02/2001	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/02/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew George	05/02/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	05/02/2001	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	05/02/2001	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	05/02/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	05/02/2001	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	05/02/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Connarty	05/02/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	05/02/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Norris	05/02/2001	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Kali Mountford	05/02/2001	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	05/02/2001	Medway	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	05/02/2001	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	05/02/2001	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	05/02/2001	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	06/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	06/02/2001	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	07/02/2001	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	07/02/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/02/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	07/02/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	07/02/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	07/02/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kerry Pollard	07/02/2001	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	08/02/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	08/02/2001	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	08/02/2001	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	08/02/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	08/02/2001	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	08/02/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/02/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	08/02/2001	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/02/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	08/02/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	08/02/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	09/02/2001	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Teresa Gorman	09/02/2001	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	09/02/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	12/02/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	12/02/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	12/02/2001	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	12/02/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	12/02/2001	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	12/02/2001	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	12/02/2001	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	12/02/2001	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	12/02/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	12/02/2001	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	12/02/2001	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	12/02/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	12/02/2001	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	13/02/2001	Putney	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/02/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	13/02/2001	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	13/02/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	13/02/2001	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	13/02/2001	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	13/02/2001	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	13/02/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	13/02/2001	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
William Ross	13/02/2001	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Joan Humble	13/02/2001	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	13/02/2001	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	13/02/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	13/02/2001	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	14/02/2001	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Allan	14/02/2001	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Benn	14/02/2001	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	14/02/2001	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	14/02/2001	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/02/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	14/02/2001	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Love	14/02/2001	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	14/02/2001	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	14/02/2001	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Helen Jones	14/02/2001	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	14/02/2001	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	14/02/2001	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/02/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian White	15/02/2001	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Claire Ward	15/02/2001	Watford	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	15/02/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	15/02/2001	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Ken Livingstone	15/02/2001	Brent East	Independent	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/02/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	26/02/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	26/02/2001	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	26/02/2001	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/02/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	26/02/2001	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	26/02/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	26/02/2001	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	26/02/2001	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	26/02/2001	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	26/02/2001	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	26/02/2001	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	26/02/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	26/02/2001	Dover	Labour	Signed
Frank Roy	26/02/2001	Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	26/02/2001	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	26/02/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	26/02/2001	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/02/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	27/02/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Amess	27/02/2001	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	27/02/2001	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	27/02/2001	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	28/02/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	28/02/2001	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	28/02/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	28/02/2001	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	01/03/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	01/03/2001	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Joe Ashton	05/03/2001	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/03/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/03/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	05/03/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Oona King	06/03/2001	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	08/03/2001	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	09/03/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Twigg	09/03/2001	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	12/03/2001	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	12/03/2001	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	14/03/2001	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Butler	14/03/2001	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	16/03/2001	Harlow	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/03/2001	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	21/03/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	21/03/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	26/03/2001	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	04/04/2001	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	27/04/2001	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	Unknown			Withdrawn

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