Decision details
Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv)
Decision Maker: Business Committee - Fourth Assembly, Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
Standing Order 11.21:
Time must be made available
in each Assembly year for debates on the following items of business:
(iv) motions
proposed by any Member who is not a member of the government
Decision:
The item started
at 15.03
NNDM5942
Julie
Morgan (Cardiff North)
Elin
Jones (Ceredigion)
Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Aled
Roberts (North Wales)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Deplores the number of
bank branch closures in Wales, and in particular the frequency of closures even
when the bank branch may be the last bank in the area.
2. Calls on banks to
consider the impact of bank branch closures on urban and rural communities and
individuals, especially older people and small businesses before final
decisions on closures are made.
3. Calls on banks to carry
out meaningful consultation, including local community organisations, pensioner
organisations and business groups before final closure decisions, especially
when the bank branch concerned is the only one remaining in the area.
4. Calls on the UK
Government, the Welsh Government and the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure
that they take the impact of bank branch closures into account when formulating
their respective policies on financial services, economic development, and
financial regulation.
The motion was agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36.
Publication date: 10/02/2016
Date of decision: 10/02/2016
Decided at meeting: 10/02/2016 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly