They cited issues for women in abusive relationships, whose partners use a bank account as a form of control or to track their movements.

Deidre Cartwright, policy manager at charity Surviving Economic Abuse, said: "Often times access to cash is their only means to actually accessing essentials for themselves and their children.

“It’s a means for them to be able to escape an abuser, especially when that abuser can track them through a bank account, so it’s incredibly important for their safety and survival.”

Some older people and those with mental health issues were also far more comfortable using cash, the Treasury Committee heard, or did not have the digital skills or mental capability to operate only with cards, computers or phones.

Anything to avoid admitting that people are fed up with digital everything being pushed in every part of their lives.