Save The Cheque Campaign

EDM number 258 in 2009-10, proposed by Mark Hunter on 26/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Financial services.

That this House notes with concern that high street banks are planning to stop accepting cheques despite protest from consumer groups and businesses; further notes that nearly four million cheques are still being written each day and that many people still prefer to pay for goods and services in this way; is concerned that the Payments Council which represents the major banks will vote in December 2009 on whether or not to scrap the cheque as a method of payment; believes many people, particularly the elderly, would be inconvenienced as a result; calls upon the Government to remind the banks that they exist to serve customers and not the other way round; and urges the banks to reconsider their proposals to abolish the cheque.

This motion has been signed by a total of 128 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Taylor	26/11/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Mark Hunter	26/11/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Russell Brown	26/11/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Seconded
Angela Watkinson	26/11/2009	Upminster	Conservative	Seconded
Lee Scott	26/11/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
Nicholas Winterton	26/11/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	26/11/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Roger Williams	26/11/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Wallace	26/11/2009	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/11/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/11/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	26/11/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	26/11/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/11/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	26/11/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	26/11/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	26/11/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	26/11/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	26/11/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	26/11/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	26/11/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	26/11/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	26/11/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	26/11/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	26/11/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	26/11/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	26/11/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	26/11/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/11/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/11/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/11/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	26/11/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	26/11/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Rooney	26/11/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	26/11/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	26/11/2009	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Mark Fisher	26/11/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/11/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	26/11/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	26/11/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	26/11/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	26/11/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	26/11/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Denis Murphy	26/11/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	30/11/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	30/11/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	30/11/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	30/11/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	30/11/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	30/11/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	01/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Drew	01/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	02/12/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	02/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Katy Clark	02/12/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	02/12/2009	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	02/12/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/12/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Murphy	02/12/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	02/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Jennifer Willott	03/12/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	03/12/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/12/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Pugh	03/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	07/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	07/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/12/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	07/12/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Maclean	07/12/2009	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/12/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	08/12/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Davies	08/12/2009	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	08/12/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	08/12/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	08/12/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	08/12/2009	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	08/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Danny Alexander	08/12/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	08/12/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/12/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Alan Reid	08/12/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/12/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	08/12/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	08/12/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	08/12/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Kate Hoey	08/12/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	08/12/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	08/12/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	10/12/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	10/12/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	14/12/2009	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	15/12/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/12/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	16/12/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	16/12/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Amess	05/01/2010	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
John Grogan	05/01/2010	Selby	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	05/01/2010	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	05/01/2010	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	06/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	11/01/2010	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	13/01/2010	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	14/01/2010	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	18/01/2010	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	19/01/2010	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	25/01/2010	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Greg Knight	25/01/2010	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	22/02/2010	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	22/02/2010	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	04/03/2010	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	18/03/2010	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	29/03/2010	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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