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HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI did not, but the issue is worth looking at. This is a human scandal, and it is not just about the postmasters who were directly affected. I am not sure how we start to unpick…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillAbsolutely; that is a really good case in point. I hope my right hon. Friend will be in the next Parliament to help drive this through. I have said I am stepping down, so I will…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy hon. Friend makes a really good point. To follow on from the intervention from my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden, it is difficult for us as…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s kind words regarding when we worked together on his constituency issue. We ask the Post Office to do a lot of work of social value and economic…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillIt has been a privilege to sit here listening to the amazing contributions from the Secretary of State, the shadow Secretary of State—I thank the hon. Member for Stalybridge and…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillFor sure. We cannot do enough for these people. They have been cast out as pariahs in their communities. They have been charged, they have been put in prison, they have lost…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillAs usual, my right hon. Friend is absolutely on point. In our Department, we had a number of arm’s length organisations, which is true of other Government Departments as well.…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThat approach to the investigation and the presumption of guilt was what my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Katherine Fletcher) was referring to in relation to her…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Children’s Cancer Care: South-Eastrose—13 Mar 2024HANSARD Children’s Cancer Care: South-EastThe hon. Lady was talking about transport. Yes, the Evelina has amazing facilities, and parents can stay in Ronald McDonald House just opposite. However, the point is that it is…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office LegislationI welcome the Minister’s statement, and the pragmatic way that he has looked to speed up claims, and to take this in-house as best he can. I also welcome the proposed legislation,…13 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and Palestine: Two-state SolutionThe wider discussion of a two-state solution outside this place is being misrepresented. Restaurants are being boycotted for selling Coca-Cola, because people think the company…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]Will my hon. Friend give way?28 Feb 2024HANSARD Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, and he is, as ever, making an excellent speech. Does he agree that the Mayor, the councils, residents, businesses,…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is making an interesting speech, but would he agree that we could and should have done this back in 2018, when my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for giving way, and I hope the House will forgive me for having to leave the Chamber for a few minutes. Does he agree that what this law is trying to do is…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalNow that the then permanent secretary has outlined that she did not implicitly or explicitly tell the then chairman of the Post Office to slow down compensation, I hope we can…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Henderson. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton South (Andrew Lewer) on securing this debate. I draw the…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesWhen I was the postal affairs Minister, the officials in my team not only shared my drive to get the money out of the door—life-changing money for postmasters—but were energised…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Human Rights in Hong KongI will be brief. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton), not only on securing this debate, but on his powerful and excellent…23 Jan 2024