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HANSARDPort Talbot Transition ProjectI am grateful to my hon. Friend. Although I know that the workforce has, at times, been frustrated by Tata’s plans, I understand why Tata itself was frustrated by the previous…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPort Talbot Transition ProjectI am extremely grateful to the hon. Member for his support for what we have announced. Having a competitive environment is an absolutely key issue. I am already having extensive…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPort Talbot Transition ProjectI am grateful to the right hon. Member for her questions. We will see the strategy in spring next year and the resources behind it, including the existing Government allocation…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPort Talbot Transition ProjectI very much welcome the hon. Member’s words and her recognition of the improvements that we have made with this deal. Fundamentally, we have recognised the need for a better…11 Sept 2024HANSARDTata Steel and UK Steel StrategyThe Government have secured an improved deal for the workers impacted by the transformation plans of Tata Steel and are setting out their ambition for a new UK-wide steel…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI am grateful to the hon. Member for his response, and for the tone and collaboration that we tried to model when we were sitting in opposite places in this Chamber. I believe…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI agree with the hon. Member. That is a crucial and important question. I welcome Fujitsu acknowledging its moral responsibility in relation to these matters. I understand that it…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressPeople are aware that it is fairly challenging to have a situation in which justice is devolved across the United Kingdom. At times that has very much affected the debate in this…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI recognise very much what my hon. Friend says. As I said in my earlier answers, there is an absolute need to not just provide redress but learn lessons for the future of the Post…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI very much agree. This is a major scandal, and we must ensure that the wider lessons and the wider lack of trust, which he correctly mentioned, are addressed in our response.…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI understand the situation, and the need to have different redress schemes to correct specific problems. I understand the constituent’s sentiments, as described by my hon. Friend.…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI thought that the hon. Member might recognise the words from Isiah that I used in the statement. The failure that goes to the heart of what we are talking about today is not just…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressMembers may know that Capture was the precursor to the Horizon software. It is of concern to us, and we are investigating. The forensic accountants appointed to look into the…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI echo the hon. Gentleman’s comments about Marion Fellows and her contribution to the scheme. He asks how satisfied I am. I will not be satisfied until everyone has had redress;…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI very much recognise the conversation that my hon. Friend has had with her constituent, and her need and desire to progress that claim. The issue is about ensuring that the…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressThe hon. Gentleman will have heard my answers. He would surely agree that to get things wrong with these cases would be a terrible problem. Some of the errors and the problems…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI think my hon. Friend will have heard in my earlier answers that we have chosen to deliver this scheme in-house in the Department for Business and Trade, reflecting the concerns…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI very much echo the hon. Lady’s point that, if there is one bit where our political system operated well in this, it is the constituency link and the classic Member of…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressAs I have said in previous answers, we have to understand that that scepticism and concern is valid. The scale of this scandal is so large that people will challenge their Members…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI recognise very much what the right hon. Member is saying. I have had personal friends who were directly affected by this issue. Even though I was their MP as well as their…09 Sept 2024