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Department: HM Treasury
Tuesday 11th December 2018

(5 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Glen Portrait John Glen
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The Government hold a 62.3% shareholding, but we do not run the bank. Decisions on the branch network are a matter for the bank.

Oliver Heald Portrait Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire) (Con)
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Is my right hon. Friend aware that one of the most successful companies in our country, Johnson Matthey in my constituency, is committed to having a fair-deal, not a no-deal Brexit because it feels that it is vital that there should be an orderly retreat, not chaos? Does he agree that the Prime Minister’s deal would achieve that?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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Yes, and that is indeed the express view of the vast majority of businesses in this country.