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2017-19
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RBS Closures In North Ayrshire
Patricia Gibson
2017-12-04
That this House condemns the decision of the Royal Bank of Scotland to close its branches in Kilbirnie, Saltcoats and Kilwinning; recognises that this follows the closure of the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in West Kilbride, and the closure of bank branches across North Ayrshire and Arran by Clydesdale Bank and TSB; understands that local communities, particularly elderly and disabled residents, will suffer because of this decision; notes that branch closures in Kilbirnie, Saltcoats and Kilwinning will effect adversely local businesses and town centres; is concerned by the uncertainty over the future of bank staff who may face redundancy; further understands that commitments made by RBS not to close a branch where it was the last one in a community has been abandoned; further notes that this decision was taken without consulting customers, staff or local businesses; further recognises the sense of betrayal at such closures given that the taxpayer is a majority shareholder in RBS; and urges RBS to reconsider these closures, so that North Ayrshire and Arran communities are not deprived of the opportunity to bank locally.
Financial institutions
Financial services
Patricia Gibson
2017-12-04
Proposed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish National Party
David Linden
2017-12-04
Seconded
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Stewart McDonald
2017-12-05
Seconded
Glasgow South
Scottish National Party
Jim Shannon
2017-12-05
Seconded
Strangford
DUP
Patrick Grady
2017-12-05
Seconded
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
Christine Jardine
2017-12-05
Seconded
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrat
Chris Stephens
2017-12-05
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Carol Monaghan
2017-12-06
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Brendan O'Hara
2017-12-06
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Hugh Gaffney
2017-12-06
Signed
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Labour
Martyn Day
2017-12-06
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Chris Law
2017-12-06
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
David Simpson
2017-12-06
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
Jim Cunningham
2017-12-11
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Lady Hermon
2017-12-12
Signed
North Down
Independent
Douglas Chapman
2017-12-18
Signed
Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish National Party
Alan Brown
2017-12-20
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Hannah Bardell
2017-12-21
Signed
Livingston
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2017-12-21
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party