This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Maintain access to RBS banking services in Tain
The proposed closure of RBS Tain will cause huge difficulties for customers and small businesses. It will be damaging to our local economy, discriminates against rural and ageing populations who do not have access to suitable broadband for digital banking and will be detrimental to our town centre.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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
The Scottish Affairs Committee will be asking RBS about its branch closures. You can find out more here:
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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