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HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am delighted that the right hon. Gentleman has raised that point. I referred in my speech to the 2013 BAE study that highlighted Capture, ATM cash management and a variety of…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI give way to probably the best-informed man in the House on this matter,.20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillLet me reinforce the point made by the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones). There are people writing to me this week about the current handling of their cases by the…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI hope the Secretary of State will not take this amiss and will understand that I mean no criticism of her or her Minister of State, or indeed his predecessor, my hon. Friend the…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThe right hon. Gentleman rightly says that some people may get a little more money than perhaps come out of the arithmetic, but would most of us not pay anything to avoid what…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillOne of the things we need to consider, both now and later, is how we stop this happening again. I reiterate the point I made in my speech: when the inquiry looked at it, there was…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI will elaborate on this point further when I speak—hopefully, if I catch Mr Deputy Speaker’s eye—but there is already data about the cases that the right hon. Member for…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThey were hiding.20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI have every sympathy with the hon. Lady and in particular with Northern Irish Members on this matter. Northern Ireland is a very special case in so many ways, for reasons we all…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThose are precisely the cases I am focusing on; there may be others that we do not know about but they are the most obvious ones. I agree but, again, if I had a magic wand, I…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy hon. Friend has more experience of this issue than anyone, and he reinforces my point. Frankly, if I had a magic wand I would force the Post Office to re-audit every set of…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe economic inactivity rate is now very high, with 2.8 million people citing long-term sickness as a reason. Some 17 million days of work are lost, at a cost of £13 billion to…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsHas any Foreign Office Minister, official or embassy member had any discussions with our American allies over the dysfunctional extradition treaty since the disgraceful end of the…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsDoubly so, because post Brexit, other countries—France in particular—have actively set out to drag those billionaires into their country.06 Mar 2024HANSARDAllegations of Impropriety in Public LifeThree years ago, on 16 March 2021, we had a debate in this House on precisely the subject of this question. At the time, I was concerned that Nicola Sturgeon’s Government were…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI have one last thing to say, as I will cut what I was going to say about productivity. One rule that used to apply in this House was something called a general amendment…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt is rather sad to follow that speech from the hon. Gentleman. I remind him that a one-in-75-year financial crisis, a one-in-a-century health crisis and a one-in-75-year…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsOf course, absolutely. Every opposition has its day.06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI might return to that shortly. The truth is, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) said, the Chancellor has done a skilful job in dealing with…06 Mar 2024