Halt closures of local bank branches until the impact on the vulnerable is known

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

In our local thriving market town we will soon have no banks. Our surrounding communtiy has many elderly people who are already multiply disadvantaged by the move to online. Banks claim to value and listen to customers but with no consultation these decisions are made and their affects life changing

Swaffham is our town, in North Norfolk widespread closures of all local branches, but these are national policies. What social obligations should they have/be required to have- that is a governmental decision.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

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

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.

Timeline

20 Apr 2018	Petition opened for signatures
26 Apr 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Apr 2018

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