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Westminster Hall
Telephone and Online Scams - Tue 04 Jun 2019
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) In the past three or four years, we have seen the closure of branches in the villages and towns of Milnthorpe - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) thousands of pounds, but only a fraction of that amount was refunded by banks. - Speech Link
3: Victoria Atkins (CON - Louth and Horncastle) The next step will be for banks to agree ways of operating that allow for the freezing of funds, a system - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Financial Exclusion: Access to Cash - Tue 21 May 2019
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) The combined number of banks and building societies is falling steadily, and in 2018, the number of free-to-use - Speech Link
2: Jamie Stone (LDEM - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) of ATMs and the closure of bank branches. - Speech Link
3: Gerald Jones (LAB - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) the country, we have seen banks closing, with a 38% reduction in the number of banks since 2010. - Speech Link
4: Ruth George (LAB - High Peak) cash, as well as the lack of banks. - Speech Link
5: Paul Sweeney (LAB - Glasgow North East) As a result of the closure of the Greater Milton and Possilpark credit union, 4,212 members have had - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Whitsun Adjournment - Thu 23 May 2019
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Ian Mearns (LAB - Gateshead) heavy engineering, and the closure of coal mines, so we need to do something to retain a strategically - Speech Link
2: Paul Sweeney (LAB - Glasgow North East) I am reminded of the closure of Ravenscraig in Lanarkshire in Scotland in 1992. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Kerr (CON - Stirling) each country of the United Kingdom whilst protecting the cohesion of the single market of one of the - Speech Link
4: Paul Sweeney (LAB - Glasgow North East) The latest announcement was the closure of the Santander branch, so I have seen credit unions becoming - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Post Office Network - Thu 25 Apr 2019
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) From the reaction of people in my constituency to the Crown branch closure in the centre of Motherwell - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) The majority of banks responded positively, but one of our biggest banks said that it was not directly - Speech Link
3: Gill Furniss (LAB - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) branch network of all UK banks. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Closure of Santander Banks - Thu 07 Feb 2019
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Angela Crawley (SNP - Lanark and Hamilton East) The Lanark High Street branch of Santander is just one among 15 branches in Scotland that will be closing - Speech Link
2: Angela Crawley (SNP - Lanark and Hamilton East) The consequences of further closures of banks and high street stores in the Clydesdale area cannot be - Speech Link
3: John Glen (CON - Salisbury) All the major high street banks have signed up to the standard, which commits banks to a number of outcomes - Speech Link
4: John Glen (CON - Salisbury) the full range of tools and sanctions at its disposal to work with banks where they fall short. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Santander Closures and Local Communities - Thu 14 Feb 2019
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) Members, they face the closure of Santander branches in their constituencies. - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) The closure of the branch in Helensburgh in my constituency means that the nearest Santander branch will - Speech Link
3: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) Gentleman is here, because, with the planned closure of the Santander branch in my constituency, people - Speech Link
4: Neil Parish (CON - Tiverton and Honiton) from all of the banks. - Speech Link
5: Albert Owen (LAB - Ynys Môn) Banks, whether Santander or any of the other major banks, think in the short term; they look at their - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 21 Mar 2019
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Ian Mearns (LAB - Gateshead) access to cash, the closure of courts and the effect on access to justice, reducing the use of physical - Speech Link
2: Ann Clwyd (LAB - Cynon Valley) Our constituents need some sort of explanation of how Brexit is affecting the supply of medicines, when - Speech Link
3: John Howell (CON - Henley) for its annexation of that part of Ukraine? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Act - Thu 06 Dec 2018
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: John Bercow (Speaker - Buckingham) From the Chair’s point of view, and in terms of the efficiency of chairing and of the proceedings, it - Speech Link
2: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) great-grandson of a Member of Parliament. - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (CON - Hornchurch and Upminster) of step with the wishes of the British people. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) family members, people such as my cousin Kenneth Smith, of neighbours, of colleagues and of constituents—of - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Banking Sector Failures - Thu 12 Jul 2018
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Martin Whitfield (LAB - East Lothian) conduct of banks fracture that trust. - Speech Link
2: Bob Stewart (CON - Beckenham) He was robbed of them by banks working like pirates. - Speech Link
3: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) With the threat of foreclosure of loans, the banks seized control of customer assets cheaply from businesses - Speech Link
4: Peter Dowd (LAB - Bootle) Business banking scandals, record fines and the closure of high street banks across the country have - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Retail Sector - Wed 06 Jun 2018
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Greg Clark (CON - Tunbridge Wells) of products, and the pace of new offerings to consumers to meet their changing needs.Any of us who has - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) a lot of Victorian buildings that became banks—and a crinkly shed on the edge of town was not very profitable - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) There will still need to be essential services, such as local post offices and a network of local banks - Speech Link
4: Andrew Griffiths (CON - Burton) Lady raised the issue of competition policy and the banks being able to share premises. - Speech Link