Petition · past parliament
Parliament to introduce a Bill that all citizens must have a bank account
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
To pass legislation that all citizens have a bank account and that banks and banking institutions cannot refuse the citizen a simple bank account
Makes financial system more transparent and reduces corruption by ensuring all transaction are through a bank account
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want to see changes to arrangements for financial transactions, but requiring people to have bank accounts would not necessarily mean that all transactions were through a bank account.
If you want the Government to ban all transactions in case, so that people can only make transactions through bank accounts, we could accept a petition requesting this.
We understand that you want to see changes to arrangements for financial transactions, but requiring people to have bank accounts would not necessarily mean that all transactions were through a bank account.
If you want the Government to ban all transactions in case, so that people can only make transactions through bank accounts, we could accept a petition requesting this.
Timeline
| 3 Aug 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Aug 2023 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
7 Aug 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.