Save The Cheque Campaign

EDM number 258 in 2009-10, proposed by Mark Hunter on 26/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Financial services.

That this House notes with concern that high street banks are planning to stop accepting cheques despite protest from consumer groups and businesses; further notes that nearly four million cheques are still being written each day and that many people still prefer to pay for goods and services in this way; is concerned that the Payments Council which represents the major banks will vote in December 2009 on whether or not to scrap the cheque as a method of payment; believes many people, particularly the elderly, would be inconvenienced as a result; calls upon the Government to remind the banks that they exist to serve customers and not the other way round; and urges the banks to reconsider their proposals to abolish the cheque.

This motion has been signed by a total of 128 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.