Access to banking services with guaranteed minimum level of service provision

The Highland Council expresses its deep disappointment at the news of further branch closures by the Royal Bank of Scotland. This will cause real difficulties for many customers and small businesses.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The decision to close branches is a commercial and operational decision for a bank, and not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

You may be interested to know that the House of Commons debated the general issue of bank branch closures in June 2016. You can read the debate here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-06-30/debates/A32A8165-29DE-4FE1-A93F-E88310B81E5C/BankBranchClosures

You can find out more about the recent announcements about branch closures and the banking industry's response in this House of Commons Library briefing paper:

https://researchbriefings.intranet.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN00385

The Scottish Affairs Committee will be asking RBS about its branch closures. You can find out more here:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/scottish-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/rbs-bank-closures-evidence-17-19/

You could start a new petition asking the House of Commons to debate the issue of local bank branch closures again, if that's what you want to happen.