MPs question Post Office and Fujitsu on Horizon scandal
11 January 2024
MPs quiz the Government and other stakeholders on what more can be done to deliver full, fair and fast compensation for victims of the scandal, which has been labelled the worst miscarriage of justice in British history.
- Watch Parliament live: Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up
- Inquiry: Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up
- Business and Trade Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 16 January 2024, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
At 10am
- Dr Neil Hudgell, Executive Chairman, Hudgell Solicitors
- The Rt Hon. Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
At 10.30am
- Alan Bates, Justice for Sub-postmasters Alliance
- Jo Hamilton, former sub-postmaster
At 11.00am
- Nick Read, Chief Executive, Post Office
- Paul Patterson, Director, Europe, Fujitsu Services Limited
At 11:30pm
- Kevin Hollinrake MP, Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business
- Carl Creswell, Director, Business Resilience, Department for Business and Trade
MPs hear from Nick Read, Chief Executive of the Post Office, and Paul Patterson, Chief Executive for Europe at Fujitsu, the technology company that manufactured the Horizon computer system at the heart of the scandal.
Kevin Hollinrake, the Government minister responsible for the Post Office, also appears, as will Alan Bates the former sub-postmaster who successfully fought a claim against the Post Office.
Further information
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