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Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 13 May 2024, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Offord of Garvel. The answering member was Lord McNicol of West Kilbride.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
838 cc420-458 
Session
2023-24
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill 2023-24. Brought from the Commons
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Bills
House of Lords
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill: HL Bill 73 of 2023–24
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions
Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 cc420-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to present the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill for Second Readi...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 838 cc422-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out the provisions of this very important legislation ...


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Lord Burnett of Maldon | 838 cc425-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the wrongful conviction of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses as a result of prosec...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 838 cc427-431 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board, although ...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 838 cc431-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the heroes of this story are Alan Bates and the sub-postmasters. Having been wrongly co...

Bishop of Manchester | 838 cc432-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I admit to being a little nervous as a non-lawyer entering a debate that has already he...

Lord Sandhurst | 838 cc436-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the Government on moving swiftly with this process. This saga has dragge...

Lord Sikka | 838 cc438-441 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome this Bill, as it enables some postmasters wrongly convicted to secure some co...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 838 cc440-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this scandal is rightly recognised as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in the...

Lord Etherton | 838 cc442-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Horizon scandal was described in the Explanatory Notes as a

“miscarriage of j...

Lord Holmes of Richmond | 838 cc443-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a sober and serious Second Reading—understandably so. How does one even b...

Lord Sahota | 838 cc446-8 (Link to this contribution)

My comments are, as we say in politics, from the grass roots about what some postmasters are sayi...

Lord Sentamu | 838 c447 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was not intending to speak, but the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, and other ...

Baroness Brinton | 838 cc447-451 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is an honour to follow so many noble Lords in speaking at this Second Reading.

Lord Sandhurst | 838 c450 (Link to this contribution)

Under Clause 3(2) of the Bill, you do not get your appeal allowed if it has been dismissed by the...

Baroness Brinton | 838 c450 (Link to this contribution)

I am referring to Clause 8, which is the power of the Secretary of State to make further conseque...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 838 cc450-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister and the departmental team for their work on this Bill and for bein...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 cc453-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a thoughtful and considered debate, and I am grateful for the broad and i...

Baroness Brinton | 838 c455 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that is right for the seven who could appeal, but there were six who were not given lea...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 c455 (Link to this contribution)

My understanding is that six were given no right to appeal because it was considered they did not...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 838 c455 (Link to this contribution)

I have been focusing on the recent trips to the Court of Appeal. I do not know whether there were...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 c456 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will cross-check the record, but my understanding is that these 13 cases are recent a...

Lord Sikka | 838 c456 (Link to this contribution)

Before we leave the issue of DWP convictions, can the Minister confirm or otherwise—he might wish...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 cc456-9 (Link to this contribution)

I will need to write to the noble Lord on that point.

As my colleague in the other place, M...

Subjects
Compensation
Appeals
Convictions
Fraud
Post offices
Police cautions
Post Office
Miscarriages of justice
Theft
Fujitsu
Horizon IT system
Legislation
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill 2023-24
Link
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