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§ Mr. Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham)On behalf of 1,850 people living in the rural areas of Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire, I wish to present a petition which I wholeheartedly support.
§ The petition states:
- To the House of Commons
- The Petition of Shropshire Residents
- Declares that
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The threat to close the rural Lloyds TSB bank in Pontesbury should be condemned in the strongest possible terms. It would affect 400 customers, two staff and is another indication of the decline in the provision of rural services by a major bank.
The Petitioners Therefore Request that the House of Commons
Urge the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to review the practice of major banks closing rural branches.
And the Petitioners remain, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.