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HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationFirst, I do not want to pre-empt anything that we may do, but when I talk about a short consultation, this is about 555 people who have a well organised group together and their…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI pay tribute to the CCRC. It is because of its resource that we want to ensure that people can go directly to the Court of Appeal to try to circumvent overloading it. I pay…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationAnyone who was convicted can apply for interim payments, and the majority of them have had their payments. The 555 will be able to have that, should they have been convicted. We…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI thank my hon. Friend for all the work he has done to expose this matter. That is why the independent statutory inquiry led by Sir Wyn Williams has been listening to testimony…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationYes. In the same way as with the HSS, we can work with the estates to ensure that compensation is paid through them. That is my understanding.22 Mar 2022HANSARD Parental Leave and PayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. I congratulate the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) on securing this debate. I will indeed give…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationThat is the last question, so I will say that although the last three quarters of an hour have been my moment in the sun, it is not about me: it is about the 555. I thank all hon.…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI fully take your words on board, Mr Speaker, and humbly apologise. I thank the right hon. Member for his question. It is really important that we discuss this matter. Over recent…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationOnce again, I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his work and for bringing this urgent question to the House today, because it is important that we continue to press on and get…22 Mar 2022HANSARDPostmasters: CompensationAs the House is aware, the Post Office Horizon scandal, which began over 20 years ago, has had a devastating impact on the lives of many postmasters. The High Court Group…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI thank the hon. Gentleman not only for his kind words, but for the work he has done in representing members of the group litigation order in the first place, as well as for his…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI thank my hon. Friend for the work she has done representing Nichola Arch and others. I saw her on GB News the other day talking with Nichola in the constituency casebook…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. In terms of loss of liberty, that comes up with the overturned convictions. In terms of the overall losses, as I said, the HSS works…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationFirst, my right hon. Friend talked about the independent inquiry, and I want to answer the earlier question about Fujitsu. Fujitsu is not on the preferred list of Government…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI thank my hon. Friend for his kind words. It is difficult for me to say, because it depends on what scheme we come up with. If it is the scheme that I am envisaging, which is…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI, too, pay tribute to Christopher Head, who was one of the youngest postmasters involved. We often have Twitter ding-dongs, shall we say, which have mellowed slightly since we…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationNothing is off the table. We need to look at all those sorts of things, because the UK taxpayer should not be on the hook for other people’s mistakes and sometimes…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationAbsolutely; I can make that clear. We want to know those answers. People want full and fair compensation, but they also want answers and accountability. We can have accountability…22 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI will not give way, but that reflects the contribution of the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Turner), who talked about the agency workers not knowing the vessels.…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI thank the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) for bringing this debate to the House; it is absolutely right and important that she has done so. We have heard many…21 Mar 2022