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16 January 2024 - Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up - Oral evidence

Committee Business and Trade Committee
Inquiry Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up

Tuesday 16 January 2024

Start times: 9:30am (private) 10:00am (public)


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MPs question Post Office and Fujitsu on Horizon scandal

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.

Meeting details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Work Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up (Non-inquiry session)
Executive Chairman at Hudgell Solicitors
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Work Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up (Non-inquiry session)
Founder at Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance
former sub-postmistress
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Work Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up (Non-inquiry session)
Chief Executive at Post Office
Director at Fujitsu Services Ltd
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Work Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up (Non-inquiry session)
Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business at Department for Business and Trade
Director, Business Resilience at 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.

Location

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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