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We will then have to give them a fair amount of time to respond because so many people will be on holiday. So nothing can really begin until after the summer recess.
It would be a good move to require the Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland, which I understand have about three quarters of personal banking business in Scotland, to make the same arrangement with the Post Office card account.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 March 2006
As I said in summing up the stage 1 debate this morning, in respect of the current complement of the inner house—I am not aware that there are any twins—all 10 were appointed on different dates and seniority is based on the date of appointment to the inner house.
Last week, in the e-commerce debate, David Mundell spoke of the Egg internet banking service. It took 50 days to progress from the idea of the bank to its being up and running.
I put that point to senior bankers with the Royal Bank of Scotland, and the standard Royal Bank response is, "Our job is to invest the shareholders' money.