Petitions/Require all businesses and public services to accept cash payments
StatusClosed
Opened15 Nov 2024
Closes15 May 2025
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones 10,000

We would like the Government to pass a law that requires the right to pay for goods and services with cash. This could include a legal framework that includes penalties for outlets that refuse cash payment and mandates the maintenance of local cash handling infrastructure by the banking sector.

We believe this is an urgent matter of national security. It has been reported that both Sweden and Norway are reconsidering moving to a cashless society. We think the threat to a cashless society consists of total societal collapse arising from the collapse of digital payment networks or the underlying electrical power networks they depend on. We believe that both systems could be vulnerable to cyber attacks by aggressors and solar storms of Carrington event magnitude.

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Government response

It is for individual organisations to decide whether to accept cash as a form of payment. However, existing regulation protects access to cash and supports the ability of organisations to accept cash.

Constituency engagement ranking

Ms Polly Billington
1Ms Polly Billington MP
East Thanet
122
Sir Roger Gale
2Sir Roger Gale MP
Herne Bay and Sandwich
122
Rosie Duffield
3Rosie Duffield MP
Canterbury
116
Helen Whately
4Helen Whately MP
Faversham and Mid Kent
90
Caroline Voaden
5Caroline Voaden MP
South Devon
79
Joe Powell
6Joe Powell MP
Kensington and Bayswater
67
Josh MacAlister
7Josh MacAlister MP
Whitehaven and Workington
59
Dr Simon Opher
8Dr Simon Opher MP
Stroud
55
Joe Morris
9Joe Morris MP
Hexham
52
Tim Roca
10Tim Roca MP
Macclesfield
52
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