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Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 16 January 2024, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Offord of Garvel. The answering member was Lord McNicol of West Kilbride.
Lords second reading. Committee negatived. Standing Order 44 having been dispensed with, Lords third reading. Bill passed.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
835 cc379-413 
Session
2023-24
Legislative stage
Third reading and Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Chakrabarti | 835 cc381-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister; it is a pleasure to follow him. I am particularly grateful for the...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 835 cc383-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too thank the Minister and the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for their comments. ...


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Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 835 c384 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his opening remarks, not least for th...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 835 cc384-6 (Link to this contribution)

I feel a little talked out. That too, your Lordships will be pleased to hear, will shorten this s...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 835 cc386-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege and an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, particularly ...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 835 cc387-390 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this Bill is welcome because we needed to see some action from the Government. It is ve...

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 835 cc390-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thought for a dreadful moment that I was going to say, “I agree with everything the n...

Baroness Hoey | 835 cc393-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a huge pleasure to follow the noble Lord, who has probably spoken for those peopl...

Lord Cormack | 835 cc395-7 (Link to this contribution)

I am glad to follow the noble Baroness, not least because I agree so passionately with what she a...

Lord Sikka | 835 cc397-400 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a rare occasion on which I agree with everything that has been said. No amount of...

Lord Weir of Ballyholme | 835 cc399-402 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I enthusiastically support this legislation, which has received support from every corn...

Baroness Brinton | 835 cc401-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have had an extraordinary debate on compensation, exoneration and accountability, bu...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 835 cc403-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome this Bill and am glad that the Government have accepted Sir Wyn Williams’s re...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 835 cc406-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is with great responsibility that I stand to conclude what has been a respectful deb...

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 835 c409 (Link to this contribution)

I know my noble friend the Minister does not want to comment on the particular case of Lee Castle...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 835 c409 (Link to this contribution)

I commend my colleague the Postal Minister Mr Hollinrake for pushing through hard on the £600,000...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 835 c409 (Link to this contribution)

I would not want anyone to be confused in an already confusing situation. The £600,000 is not act...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 835 cc409-410 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend for that clarification.

Moving onto another theme, there has obviou...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 835 c410 (Link to this contribution)

Shorter arms, yes. There has been quite a big overhaul in terms of organisation, some of which is...

Lord Sikka | 835 c410 (Link to this contribution)

I am glad that the Minister has clarified that relationship, but my concern is that, for as long ...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 835 cc411-2 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for that searching question. Of course, this covers about three or four di...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 835 c412 (Link to this contribution)

How on earth does a court challenge the evidence that the information coming from this computer i...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 835 cc412-4 (Link to this contribution)

That is exactly the position that has been taken here by the Lord Chancellor for England and Wale...

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