BARCLAYS BANK, CRICIETH

Early day motion 550, tabled 20 March 2000 by Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru). Signed by 25 members.

That this House regrets that Barclays Bank is pursuing a programme of closure of banks in small towns and in rural areas; notes with dismay that Cricieth - the home town of David Lloyd George MP, one of Britain's greatest Chancellors - will be a Barclays-free area; believes that maintaining an adequate infrastructure of banking facilities is essential to serve the tourists and associated service industries, as well as the indigenous population, in a town such as Cricieth; and calls on Barclays Bank to withdrawn the closure threat against their branch in Cricieth.

Signatures by party: Labour 18, Liberal Democrat 4, Labour/Co-operative 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Unknown 1.