6th Report - Acceptance of cash

Select Committee
Treasury Committee HC 324 30 April 2025
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 14 items (2 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 14 of 14 classified)
Accepted 5
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 5
Rejected 2
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2nd Special Report - Acceptance of Cash: Government Response · published 12 Jul 2025
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Recommendations & Conclusions

2 results
123 Conclusion Acknowledged
Other countries are exploring diverse, interventionist approaches to cash access and acceptance.
Conclusion
We note that this debate is being conducted in other countries, and more interventionist approaches are being considered than is currently acceptable to the UK’s Government. We note with interest the range of approaches to cash in these similar countries, … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the importance of monitoring international approaches to cash access and states it already continually monitors global payment trends and will continue to assess developments in other countries to inform future policy.
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124 Conclusion Acknowledged
Assess international approaches to declining cash access in the UK's interim regulation review.
Conclusion
In its interim assessment of the current cash access regulation (see Conclusions and recommendations for the UK), HM Treasury must include an assessment of how the problem of declining cash access is being tackled internationally. This must include an assessment … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agreed on the importance of monitoring international approaches to cash access and stated it will continue to keep relevant international data under review to inform future policy. However, it did not explicitly commit to including this assessment in its interim review of cash access regulation.
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