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Ministerial statement on Monday, 9 September 2024, in the House of Commons, led by Jonathan Reynolds.


Post Office Horizon: Redress

Statement on the Government's response to the Horizon scandal.


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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
753 cc583-594 
Session
2024-26
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Jonathan Reynolds | 753 cc583-4 (Link to this contribution)

With your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to update the House on the Government’s ...

Nusrat Ghani | 753 c584 (Link to this contribution)

No doubt that statement will mean a lot to many constituents, including those in my constituency ...

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Kevin Hollinrake | 753 cc584-5 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement and for his kind words. I assur...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 cc585-6 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Member for his response, and for the tone and collaboration that we tri...

Nusrat Ghani | 753 c586 (Link to this contribution)

Members should continue to bob if they want to be called. I am going to call everybody, as I know...

Liam Byrne | 753 c586 (Link to this contribution)

I add my congratulations to Sir Alan Bates and Lady Suzanne on what looked like a very happy day....

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c587 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who will, I hope, see his work as Chair of the Select Comm...

Nusrat Ghani | 753 c587 (Link to this contribution)

I call the Liberal Democrats spokesperson.

Tim Farron | 753 c587 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for sight of the statement and, indeed, for his decision to come t...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 cc587-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Member for that question. Specifically on the figures for the Horizon c...

Kate Osborne | 753 c588 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome today’s statement on the appeals process, and thank Ministers for their engagement with...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c588 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for her question and recognise her contribution on this issue over many ye...

Liz Saville Roberts | 753 c588 (Link to this contribution)

Dewi Lewis of Penrhyndeudraeth is a former sub-postmaster who endured four months of imprisonment...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c589 (Link to this contribution)

I recognise very much what the right hon. Member is saying. I have had personal friends who were ...

Grahame Morris | 753 c589 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for this statement. I also have constituents who are affected and ...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c589 (Link to this contribution)

As I have said in previous answers, we have to understand that that scepticism and concern is val...

Mims Davies | 753 c589 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the update to the House today. We saw through the ITV series that Lord Arbuthnot, like ...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c590 (Link to this contribution)

I very much echo the hon. Lady’s point that, if there is one bit where our political system opera...

Clive Efford | 753 c590 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. I heard what he had to say about the involvement of...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c590 (Link to this contribution)

I think my hon. Friend will have heard in my earlier answers that we have chosen to deliver this ...

Gregory Stafford | 753 c590 (Link to this contribution)

I associate myself with the comments made on Lord Arbuthnot, who is a predecessor but one for par...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c590 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman will have heard my answers. He would surely agree that to get things wrong wit...

Natasha Irons | 753 c591 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for the update today. My constituent Mahesh, who visited me at our...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c591 (Link to this contribution)

I very much recognise the conversation that my hon. Friend has had with her constituent, and her ...

Graham Leadbitter | 753 c591 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for the statement. It is welcome that the appeals process has been...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c591 (Link to this contribution)

I echo the hon. Gentleman’s comments about Marion Fellows and her contribution to the scheme. He ...

Markus Campbell-Savours | 753 c592 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State outline what the Government are doing to investigate the predecessor ...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c592 (Link to this contribution)

Members may know that Capture was the precursor to the Horizon software. It is of concern to us, ...

Jim Shannon | 753 c592 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State very much for the statement, and for the clear commitment to closu...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c592 (Link to this contribution)

I thought that the hon. Member might recognise the words from Isiah that I used in the statement....

Polly Billington | 753 c592 (Link to this contribution)

As my right hon. Friend will be aware, sub-postmasters such as my constituent have experienced an...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c592 (Link to this contribution)

I understand the situation, and the need to have different redress schemes to correct specific pr...

Rupert Lowe | 753 c593 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to hear from the Secretary of State that progress is being made. Recompense, apolo...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c593 (Link to this contribution)

I very much agree. This is a major scandal, and we must ensure that the wider lessons and the wid...

Blair McDougall | 753 c593 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Secretary of State for his comments, and for his recognition that the issue is about ...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c593 (Link to this contribution)

I recognise very much what my hon. Friend says. As I said in my earlier answers, there is an abso...

Robin Swann | 753 c594 (Link to this contribution)

The Secretary of State knows that 26 postmasters in Northern Ireland were wrongly convicted. I th...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c594 (Link to this contribution)

People are aware that it is fairly challenging to have a situation in which justice is devolved a...

Jim Allister | 753 c594 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement and look forward to things proceeding to the nece...

Jonathan Reynolds | 753 c594 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with the hon. Member. That is a crucial and important question. I welcome Fujitsu acknowl...

Subjects
Compensation Appeals Convictions Payments Recipients Post Office Miscarriages of justice Victims Sub post offices Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
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