Submitted on Tuesday 5th December 2017
Rejected on Monday 11th December 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
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.
Threatened banks in the Highlands are in the worst areas for broadband speeds.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1370427/threatened-banks-are-in-worst-broadband-areas/
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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: 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:
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.
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