Committees

Post Office and Horizon

Inquiry

This inquiry explores issues emerging from the Horizon IT Court cases, looking at the impact on sub-postmasters and its effect on the future viability of the Post Office, and examining the lessons the Government and Post Office Ltd have learned from a scandal which saw hundreds of sub-postmasters accused of fraud.

In the 2017-19 Parliament, the Committee undertook an inquiry on the Future of the Post Office network (the Horizon case was live at that time and sub-judice so the Committee were unable to take specific evidence on that aspect) which made recommendations to the Government and the Post Office Limited.

In the current Parliament, the BEIS Committee has taken evidence on Post Office & Horizon but later planned sessions were cancelled due to the impact of Covid-19. The BEIS Committee followed up on the issues raised through correspondence from Darren Jones, BEIS Committee Chair, to a number of relevant parties.

The Committee is likely to return to the issues raised once the Independent Review into the Post Office Ltd has been completed.  

Read the call for evidence for further information.

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Past events

Tuesday 11 January 2022
9:30am Private
9:45am Public
Post Office and Horizon - Oral evidence 11 January 2022
9:45am
  • Nick Read (Chief Executive Officer at Post Office)
10:15am
  • Paul Scully (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
  • Carl Creswell (Director, Services Directorate at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
  • Tom Cooper (Director at UK Government Investments)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 14 December 2021
9:45am Private
10:30am Public
Post Office and Horizon - Oral evidence 14 December 2021
10:30am
  • Alan Bates, former Sub-postmaster (Founder at Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance)
  • Dr Neil Hudgell (Executive Chairman at Hudgell Solicitors)
  • Jo Hamilton - Former Sub-postmaster
  • Paul Harry - Former Sub-postmaster
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 10 March 2020
10:30am Private
10:40am Public
Post Office and Horizon - Oral evidence 10 March 2020
10:40am
  • Wendy Buffrey, former Sub-postmaster
  • Alan Bates, former Sub-postmaster (Founder at Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance)
  • Tracy Felstead, former Sub-postmaster
11:25am
  • Andy Furey (Assistant Secretary at Communication Workers Union)
  • Calum Greenhow (Chief Executive Officer at National Federation of SubPostmasters)
  • Ron Warmington (Chartered Accountant at Second Sight Forensic Accountants)
  • Ian Henderson (Chartered Accountant at Second Sight Forensic Accountants)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

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  • Address: Business and Trade Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA