<p>The Effect of Bank Closures on Businesses</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 6 December 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:34, 6 December 2016

(Translated)

I understand that Newport, Fishguard and Milford Haven have plans to close branches. What’s vitally important is that those services that are available now through the banks are available in an alternative method, and that means working through the post office to ensure that those services are available there. That will ensure that the services are available for local people and will ensure more work and business for the post offices, helping to make the post officer sustainable. However, what we don’t want to see happening—and this is something that we have ensured has not happened in rural areas in the past—is post offices closing and services wiped out completely from communities. That is something that we don’t wish to see and it’s why we’ve been supporting them financially.