Question follow-through · 86627
Bank Services: Post Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Green Paper consultation on the Future of the Post Office, which ended on 6 October 2025. what progress he has made on holding joint discussions with the Post Office and banks on
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Green Paper consultation on the Future of the Post Office, which ended on 6 October 2025. what progress he has made on holding joint discussions with the Post Office and banks on
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2025
Answer published
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to Question 83450 on 23 October 2025. As I stated in that response, together with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, I plan to co-chair a roundtable with the Post Office and key banks which will prov...
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