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HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the noble Lords, Lord Nicol and Lord Fox, for their contributions and detailed questions. It is worth reminding ourselves of the timeline of this sorry story. The Horizon…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsWhen it comes to data, there are all sorts of confidentiality requirements that need to be kept. We know that a considerable number of claimants have come forward—more than…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the noble Lord for that very important question. I can clarify that this is not a case of being pardoned; these convictions are being overturned. The primary legislation…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the right reverend Prelate. The consequences of this are absolutely wide-ranging and beyond just the immediate financial matters. Our Government are working hard to make…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the noble Lord for his question. He highlighted exactly the anomalies that this case has thrown up; the Lord Chancellor in the other place and the Ministry of Justice are…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank my noble friend again for being so dogged in his pursuit of these matters. We are absolutely indebted to him for continuing his role on the advisory committee; my…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank my noble friend for his point. There have been 983 wrongful convictions, of which 24 are in Northern Ireland and 76 in Scotland. We in this House know well that we have…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the noble Baroness for those sentiments, which are shared on all sides of the House. The Post Office scandal is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in living memory…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsMy Lords, the Prime Minister has announced today in the other place that the Government intend to bring forward legislation to overturn the convictions of all those convicted in…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank my noble friend for that contribution. On the lawyers, that is certainly a point well made—it is quite extraordinary how much has been made out of this so far by the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI completely concur with the noble Baroness’s sentiments. Emotions run high at this moment, and quite rightly because we have seen a lot of very decent innocent people treated…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the noble Baroness for that point, which is well made. We have to work with the situation we find ourselves in, and this has to be moved along at great speed. I am happy…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank my noble friend for that idea, which is a good one. With his permission, I will take it back to the department.10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsThe noble Lord is absolutely right to raise these points. This is what the Williams inquiry will be looking at in fine detail. My understanding of the situation is that there was…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the noble and right reverend Lord for that intervention; it is a very insightful comment. Ironically, when the management were asked in court what they felt one of their…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank the noble Baroness for that. This is another area that will demand further consideration. Within the system of government now, we have a lot of quangos, third-party…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank my noble friend for that. He speaks with great experience of the inner workings of Whitehall, obviously, and has seen the way that these anomalies arise. The public would…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsThe noble Lord highlights perhaps one of the most cynical aspects of this terrible case: each of the sub-postmasters was told that they were alone and that this was happening only…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI thank my noble friend for that question. We must recognise the common interest of people impacted by the Horizon scandal and those affected by, for example, the infected blood…10 Jan 2024HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022Well-run companies can operate only with the consent of their workforce. Well-run bosses run companies well with the consent of their workforce. Therefore, no well-run company…19 Dec 2023