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Bank Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a (a) public banking ecosystem and (b) regional development bank in Northern Ireland.

answeredClaire HannaTreasury

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 17 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 22 Jul 2024
Answer: 24 Jul 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a (a) public banking ecosystem and (b) regional development bank in Northern Ireland.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jul 2024
Answer published
There are no current plans for a regional development bank in Northern Ireland, however we look forward to working closely with the Northern Ireland Executive on our mission to deliver growth across the United Kingdom. The Chancellor last week announced n...

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