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HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesI cannot comment on that specific case, because I do not have the details, but a fixed sum award is available should Mr and Mrs Rudkin wish to take it. There is a process and we…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesI completely reject the right hon. Gentleman’s assertions. This is the political point scoring that I talked about earlier, which we just need to stop. Rather than focusing on the…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesThe hon. Lady asks multiple questions. The first is about a letter written by Nick Read, Post Office’s chief executive, to the Justice Secretary. What I can say is that UKGI and…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesI agree with my right hon. Friend. The comments by the members of the board who are former postmasters are very interesting. They are saying exactly what I am saying: that Henry…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesI welcome the tone that the shadow Front-Bench spokesman has taken. There is often a tendency for political point scoring, but I think we both agree that this is very much about…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for all his fantastic work as the postal affairs Minister, and I can confirm that. My officials have looked through all the correspondence, and all…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesThe right hon. Gentleman’s question is a good one. The fixed-sum awards show that we are taking the matter very seriously. I became Business Secretary in February last year, and…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesThe fact is that when we took the legislation through the House in December, the Opposition Benches were empty. Opposition Members are the ones who decided to take a more keen…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesThere will be no payments to Henry Staunton.19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesI know exactly the sort of people my hon. Friend is talking about, and it is really awful to hear about everything they have been through. I have a constituent who has talked to…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesThe right hon. Gentleman is quite right. As I said earlier, 64% of people have received compensation, and we want to get that to 100% as quickly as possible. However, we want to…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesI knew that someone would ask that question. I in fact have evidence to show that I asked Sky News not to run the story. Of course I did not leak it—because if I had, that would…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesWith permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement about Post Office governance and the Horizon compensation schemes. Over the weekend, several serious allegations were made…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesAs my hon. Friend says, the Post Office leadership oversaw wrongful convictions. That is one of the reasons why we have had multiple changes, and this is just the latest to ensure…19 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsFemale-led businesses often face particular challenges, and in the Department for Business and Trade we work with the British Business Bank to ensure that those businesses…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is important that people understand that CCTV and street lighting are important in helping women to feel safe on the streets. I fully understand the campaign and I am glad that…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am working closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on this issue. We are very concerned about the events taking place in both Israel and Gaza and we want…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThose attitudes are not tolerated in the Conservative party. I have not seen the remarks the hon. Lady refers to, but I am sure that we can investigate. However, I will push back…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend will know, I too am an engineer by training, and we engineers have to stick together. We are very sceptical when people introduce to the lexicon terms that are…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the light of some of the commentary about the employment tribunal’s judgment in the case of Professor Miller and Bristol University, I want to clarify the fact that…07 Feb 2024