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HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateMy hon. Friend makes a very good point about the number of bank branch closures. Over 9,500 bank branches closed under the Conservatives, who did next to nothing to ensure that…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI recognise the point that my hon. Friend makes about Edinburgh. He will remember conversations we have had about the future of the post office, in which he made very clear to me…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI absolutely pay tribute to the journalists and campaigners who exposed the Post Office scandal, and who continue to campaign for those who have not yet received redress. I had…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI know from the conversations I have had with my hon. Friend just how much she and her constituents value the post office in Cricklewood. As I have set out, our starting point is…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateThe hon. Gentleman rightly underlines the significance of the Post Office, in particular in rural communities, and the challenge on occasion of finding sub-postmasters to run…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI recognise from the meetings that I had with the hon. Member and also with a Bexhill Labour councillor how strong the feeling is about the threat to the post office in Bexhill. I…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI know from conversations I have had with my hon. Friend the significance of the post office to his community. I very much hope that his experience, the experience of his…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman will have to forgive me; I have been very focused on the efforts to increase compensation for the victims of the Horizon scandal, which has been the…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI know that my hon. Friend has always been a great champion of Salford. Like other Members, she has made it very clear to me how significant the post office is in her community.…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateMy hon. Friend made clear to me the significance of the King’s Road post office to his constituents, and I am pleased that there will continue to be a post office service there. I…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI recognise the significance that the two post offices have to my hon. Friend’s constituents, and I recognise, too, that there will be concern in her constituency about the…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman makes a completely fair point that the Post Office suffers from a significant lack of trust, for all the reasons we know. I completely understand why he…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his continued representation of his constituents’ interests. He has made a number of very clear representations to me on the importance of the…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateMy hon. Friend has pushed me repeatedly on the future of the Leighton Buzzard post office. We are very clear that we want post offices to be located on or very close to high…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to want progress on Fujitsu, which is one of the reasons why I have made it clear to Fujitsu that an interim payment would be a very welcome…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments, and I join him in commending the work of all those who have campaigned, and who continue to campaign, for the victims of this…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI commend my hon. Friend for his campaign. I recognise just how much the Chester-le-Street post office is valued by his constituents, as he has made clear to me a number of times…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Lady. She is absolutely right to reflect the view of the whole House that there is still much more to do on compensation. We as the Government are very…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement on the Post Office, Horizon redress and Post Office finances. We inherited a Post Office in crisis. It had a…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon: RedressI will deliver the planned statement orally today, as Minister for services, small business and exports. [HCWS585]08 Apr 2025