Committee holds evidence session on Post Office & Horizon and compensation for sub-postmasters
6 January 2022
On Tuesday 11th January, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee holds an evidence session looking into compensation for sub-postmasters who were prosecuted or otherwise affected by problems with the Post Office’s Horizon IT system with current Post Office CEO Nick Read and Paul Scully, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
This is the second of the BEIS Committee’s two planned evidence sessions focussing on issues relating to compensation for sub-postmasters and follows the earlier evidence session which took place on Tuesday 14th December.
Purpose of the session
This session is likely to cover issues including the obstacles facing former sub-postmasters seeking financial compensation and how these might be addressed. MPs are also likely to ask questions around how effective the Post Office and the Government have been in attempting to address the financial loss suffered by sub-postmasters affected by the Horizon IT scandal.
Witnesses
Tuesday 11th January
From 9.45
- Nick Read, Chief Executive Officer, Post Office
10.15
- Paul Scully MP, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
- Carl Creswell, Director, Services Directorate, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Tom Cooper, Director, UK Government Investments
On Tuesday 14th December, the BEIS Committee questioned Alan Bates, former Sub-postmaster, Founder, Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, Dr Neil Hudgell, Executive Chairman, Hudgell Solicitors, and former sub-postmasters Jo Hamilton and Paul Harry.
Further information
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