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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.

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.