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HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I can assure her that I will continue to engage with her on this matter, along with the relevant representatives from the Department of…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI will chase that correspondence as soon as I leave the Chamber. I thought I had signed the correspondence, and I apologise if the hon. Lady has not received it. I will ensure…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his points. I believe he has contributed to every debate in which I have been involved in this House on this matter, so I thank him for his…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI thank the hon. Lady for her campaigning on this issue. Again, she has been a key part of the campaign to ensure that people receive justice. Let me deal with the point about…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationIt is fair to say that we can all now see a significant body of evidence showing that these were wrongful convictions, which is why we are acting in this unprecedented way. If the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationWe have looked at this very carefully. In all the appeals based on DWP cases, the convictions have been upheld thus far. Clearly it is rare that we take the kind of route that we…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationThe hon. Gentleman outlines particular scandals, but my responsibility extends only as far as the Post Office in that regard. As he knows, I come to the House quite often and I…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI thank the right hon. Lady for all her work on this subject and on the infected blood scandal. I contributed to that work as a Back Bencher, and I understand that £400 million…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his points and I am sorry to disappoint him. I understood last week that he might be disappointed in what we were about to announce later that day.…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024
Draft Service Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024
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Draft Registered Office Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to respond to Members’ comments. Points were made on appropriate addresses and email addresses, and I think the same response covers both issues. Our definition…26 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office: Proposed Legislation and Financial RedressOn 10 January, the Prime Minister and I announced a major step forward in response to the Horizon scandal. The Prime Minister confirmed that the Government will introduce new…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalI thank the hon. Member for all the work that he has done in this area. I think he has spoken in every single debate that I have responded to in the House on this particular…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point. The inquiry is due to conclude by the end of this year and to report some time—early, I hope—next year. At that point, we…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalIf that is the case, they should definitely submit a claim. I am very happy to meet the hon. Lady to talk about her particular constituent. I am aware that some individuals have…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalI will be the first to admit that we want to deliver compensation more quickly than has happened in the past. As I said, 74% of claimants have received full and final…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalYes, it is the most important part of that. It is right that the Secretary of State responded to the serious and false allegations in the newspapers over the weekend. I hasten to…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalI do not think that is an accurate portrayal of events at all. I am very happy to talk to the hon. Member about that particular issue. It was decided that Henry Staunton was no…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalI am sorry that the hon. Member has taken that tone, but that is not true. As I set out, I think Henry Staunton has got this completely wrong. It is not the case, and there has…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalI agree with the right hon. Member’s points, and he is right that quantification is very difficult. These situations are complex. It is about not just financial loss, but the…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalAs a Back Bencher, I first spoke on the matter of compensation for victims in March 2020, which is obviously long after the right hon. Gentleman first campaigned for it. I pay…22 Feb 2024