SMALL BUSINESSES AND CASH TRANSACTIONS

That this House notes the vital contribution that small businesses make to the UK economy and the additional pressures that have recently been placed on small businesses through the recession; further notes that those in sectors dealing with the sale of goods to the general public, which inevitably use cash as a payment method, suffer from excessive charges levied by banks in the provision of cash and change; and calls upon the banking industry to reduce the cost of this vital service to small businesses and in doing so demonstrate real help to the UK's small businesses, which will allow a greater level of economic security for the UK's small business sector.