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HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Yes, I am very aware that the regius professor of law at the University of Glasgow made that very point to the Justice Committee.…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Yes.29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)My hon. Friend is right: I am passionate about this. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on post offices, I have deliberately worked on this issue, across parties, for…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Does the hon. Lady agree with me that many people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have vociferously opposed the Bill, but actually understand, as people do in Scotland,…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I do not think that was an edifying intervention.29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I heard the Minister chuntering from a sedentary position that Scottish Ministers should take responsibility for this.29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)rose —29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)I beg your pardon, Madam Deputy Speaker. What did the Scottish sub-postmasters say to the Minister this afternoon? Were they pleased, were they happy and did they feel they were…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Would the hon. Gentleman agree that accountable for all of this is Post Office Ltd, which is wholly owned by the UK Government as its single shareholder, and that the UK…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)They will, but they did not cause the need for this Bill. This is a Westminster issue and should be sorted out here. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am incensed—people may have realised…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)Madam Deputy Speaker, I hate to disagree with you—as you know, I do not do that—but there will be no more time for some Members to speak on this Bill if it does not include…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Buckland Review of Autism EmploymentThere is also an autism friendly employer award, which we should be looking at. I am proud to say that I have that—I am one of the few parliamentarians who do. It is worth raising…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Buckland Review of Autism EmploymentThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Running through my mind are the words, “Follow that!” I thank the right hon. and learned Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland) for…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate the hon. Member for Neath (Christina Rees) on the way she introduced this important petitions…22 Apr 2024HANSARDAccess to Redress SchemesIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope). I learnt about many different redress schemes, many of which I had not even considered, so he…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Disability BenefitsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mrs Latham. I thank the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) for bringing forward this important debate. The…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Disability BenefitsThe hon. Member for North Swindon (Justin Tomlinson) referred to the Scottish Government. This is why they started a system different from the one in Westminster—a system that is…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Disability BenefitsWill the Minister please look at what is happening in Scotland and reform this outdated and unworkable system?26 Mar 2024