Lloyds is in protracted discussions with the Co-operative Group to sell it around 630 branches.
Thomas Cook and the Co-operative Group merged their High Street travel businesses in 2010.
The Co-operative Group centre will be set up to deliver 68 million cases of groceries a year.
Mr Henry's bill won support from shop-workers union Usdaw, the Scottish Grocers' Federation and the Co-operative Group.
On Wednesday, The Co-operative Group joined Tesco in "delisting" Silvercrest as a supplier.
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The Co-operative Group has recognised the community spirit in its first ever Robert Owen Awards, one of five presented at Cardiff University on Friday.
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The Co-Operative Group said 59 of its 102 own-brand minced beef products have been tested so far, with all found to be clear of horsemeat.
The biggest contributor to this growth was the Co-operative Group.
Plans by Peterborough-based travel firm Thomas Cook and the Co-Operative Group to merge their High Street travel agent businesses have been given the final go-ahead by the Competition Commission.
"We will be working hard with impacted colleagues to offer ongoing support which includes redeployment options within the bank and its parent company The Co-operative Group, " the spokeswoman added.
On Wednesday, the Co-operative Group revealed independent tests of its own-brand burgers supplied by Silvercrest found traces of less than 1% horse DNA in three samples, and more than 17% in one sample.
"The BlackBerry solution has been meeting our enterprise mobility needs for 10 years and it's been incredibly exciting to be among the first UK customers to try out BlackBerry 10, " said Craig Allcock, Head of Networks, Group Technology, The Co-operative Group.
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That said, there is one wannabe bidder for Verde with advanced status: Co-operative Banking Group, owner of the Co-operative Bank, Smile and Britannia.
More than 11, 000 people are employed by the Co-operative Banking Group which has 342 high street branches, the firm said.
The Co-operative Banking Group has announced it is cutting 187 jobs.
But in July, the Competition Commission published a critical report on Milk Marque, the biggest farm co-operative selling group in Britain, which sells 40% of milk produced by dairy farmers.
The trouble is, as Mr Major showed, that it is impossible to keep out of trouble by doing nothing if you have a tiny majority and a group of unco-operative legislators running amok.
Hardy said he believed the draft became an issue when a media consultant or a political operative dropped the buzzword in a focus group and saw a big reaction.
Taken as a group, Germany's roughly 1, 500 co-operative banks also have a big market share.
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Developing countries, where law enforcement is weak, seem to do better when a group right over an expanse of water is given to a co-operative or village fleet.
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