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THREE-DAY CLEARING SYSTEM

Early day motion 2156, tabled 11 May 2006 by Chris Bryant (Labour). Signed by 56 members.

That this House congratulates Lloyds TSB on its decision to pay immediate interest on cheques before they are cleared; looks forward to the Office of Fair Trading's promised report into ways the banks can speed up the underlying three-day cheque clearing system; and urges all banks to move as swiftly as possible towards scrapping the three-day clearing system for all banking transactions.

Signatures by party: Labour 28, Liberal Democrat 12, Conservative 6, DUP 6, Scottish National Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.