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The Executive has been working with the four Scottish clearing banks, through the Committee of Scottish Clearing Banks (CSCB), and CoSLA to encourage both the provision and uptake of basic bank accounts.
I believe that we might also have to scrutinise legislation before we go into the recess. Members will take holidays at different times over the recess, which is why I suggested September.
I hope that no member of the committee ever needs to use the provisions of the bill.The next item on our agenda is consideration of the St Andrew's Day BankHoliday (Scotland) Bill. We are still waiting for the minister, so I suspend the meeting for five minutes.