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	10/02/2010 North Down MLA's praise work of Macmillan Cancer Support 19/01/2010 Call for immediate steps to help savers in the Presbyterian Mutual Society 12/01/2010 Significant drop in drink-driving figures welcomed 09/12/2009 Lesie Cree MLA visits Bangor Post Office over the festive season 03/12/2009 Domestic Burglary in Northern Ireland still on increase - Cree 03/12/2009 Cree welcomes findings from the NI crime Survey 26/11/2009 Bank charge ruling will hit consumers hard - Cree 24/11/2009 Fuel price hikes costing consumers dearly - Cree 24/11/2009 Time to pick a team for DUP 26/10/2009 Economy speech at UUP Conference on 24 October 2009 21/10/2009 UUP Response to Invest NI Motion in the Assembly 20 October 2009 19/10/2009 Cree calls for firework safety in North Down 15/10/2009 Cree calls for renewed efforts to combat alchol abuse 13/10/2009 Redburn Students Interview Local Politician 05/10/2009 Fuel Poverty is a real and persistent problem -Cree 29/09/2009 Institutional change ahead for Invest NI - Cree 29/09/2009 Cree supports PSNI targeting smugglers 22/09/2009 Party welcomes Matt Baggott to the PSNI 21/09/2009 Cree expresses drug fears 17/09/2009 We need more statistical information on drug driving offences - Cree 10/09/2009 Counterfeit goods seizure commended - Cree 10/09/2009 phoenix Gas reductions welcome - Cree 10/09/2009 Cree expresses concern at 'support for vigilantism' 03/08/2009 Cree welcomes gender specific consultation for Women Prisoners 03/08/2009 Cree responds to cigarette seizure 09/07/2009 Stabbing condemnation 07/07/2009 Domestic Burglary still on the rise - Cree 02/07/2009 Cree welcomes summer holidays but warns of dangers of acholol 25/06/2009 Economic Debate N I Assembly 23 June 2009 25/06/2009 Full Time reserve must be kept -Cree 09/06/2009 Bee Motion 8 June 2009 19/05/2009 Decrease in loutish behaviour in North Down Welcomed - Cree 19/05/2009 PSNI must refocus victims needs - Cree 13/05/2009 Bee Proactive - Call for more research into bees 13/05/2009 'Bee Proactive' 23/03/2009 Domestic burglaries in North Down have decreased - Cree 10/03/2009 No action by criminals should interfere with peace and stability - Cree 04/03/2009 DUP's posion is obscence- Cree 04/03/2009 UUP gain unanimous support for Business proposals 17/02/2009 The Credit Union Movement has a bright future in Northern Ireland - Cree 17/02/2009 I want a guarantee from the Minister of Finance that this Executive is delivering -Cree 12/02/2009 Cree commends PSNI crackdown on burglary 10/02/2009 Cree welcomes role of education to eliminate and raise awareness of violence against women 22/01/2009 Cree Welcomes Drop in Winter Drink Drive Figures in North Down

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Good morning, my name is Leslie Cree and as a Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist representing North Down I would like to welcome you to my website.

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Alderman Leslie Cree M.B.E. MLA

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Call for immediate steps to help savers in the Presbyterian Mutual Society

As the Treasury Select Committee held a hearing at Stormont today, Leslie Cree MLA, Ulster Unionist Party Spokesperson for Enterprise Trade and Investment, has called on the Labour Government’s working group to take immediate steps to help savers in the Presbyterian Mutual Society.

In a statement Mr. Cree stated:

“The Presbyterian Mutual Society went into administration in November 2008. Over a year later, despite the creation of a Government working group, nothing has been done to help those vulnerable savers whose futures are literally bound up with the prospects of the PMS.

“The majority of the people with savings in the PMS are small depositors. They are relying on those savings for their future and in many cases their retirement. Over a year has gone by without any meaningful decisions or action being taken.

“Many local politicians have promised much, but nothing has been delivered, Arthur Boyd the administrator, has recently made a request for his administration period to be extended for five years.

“Five years will literally be too late for some people.

The Labour Government spent billions of pounds of taxpayer’s money to prop up the banks; institutions which in many cases acted irresponsibly and have returned to an unacceptable bonus culture. Guarantees were provided to UK customers of failing Icelandic Banks by both the Financial Services Agency and HM Treasury under similar circumstances in October last year. The Dunfermline Building Society was a further precedent.

One way of solving the problem would be for the PMS assets to be moved into an enhancement fund in one of the local banks. Assets would be properly managed and should recover in time. Guarantees would be necessary from the UK Government and possibly the Executive.

“Action needs to be taken immediately to give the vulnerable and innocent savers in the PMS the protection they deserve from the Government of the United Kingdom”.

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