Written Question
Wednesday 12th January 2022
Asked by:
Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the proposed Alternative Dispute Resolution process is intended to reduce the need for malicious prosecution cases against the Post Office following the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Answered by Paul Scully
The proposed Alternative Dispute Resolution is a consensual process which aims to resolve claims consensually at an early stage to avoid the cost and delay for claimants which comes with having to litigate matters through the courts.
Written Question
Wednesday 12th January 2022
Asked by:
Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who will determine the parameters for the disputes to be referred to the Alternative Dispute Resolution process proposed in response to the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Answered by Paul Scully
Post Office will consider all claims for compensation made by a postmaster, branch manager and/or assistant whose conviction is quashed and will seek to resolve those claims swiftly, fairly and consensually with that individual. The founding principles, including dispute resolution procedure where a postmaster is not happy with the outcome they receive in the Historical Shortfall Scheme were endorsed by the legal representatives for the claimants’ steering group in the group litigation.
Written Question
Tuesday 11th January 2022
Asked by:
Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of UK-built service operations vessels that are operating to offshore windfarm sites at Dogger Bank as of 4 January 2022.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Government has not made an estimate of the number of UK-built service operations vessels that are operating to offshore windfarm sites at Dogger Bank.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2021
Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement Funds
"First, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds) for wiping me out of the campaign, or not recognising my contribution to the campaign over the past few years. I first got involved in this campaign 10 years ago. My constituent Tom Brown was accused …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2021
Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement Funds
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Post Office Historical Shortfall Scheme
"I thank the right hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. Does he agree that it is actually worse than that, because the Post Office spent £100 million to defend the indefensible? He said earlier that the Government are the only shareholder. Does that not give rise to the question of …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Post Office Historical Shortfall Scheme
"I thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for securing this debate today. He talks about culture. I have been involved in the issue for more than 10 years. It was first brought to my notice by Tom Brown, a constituent, who came to me with …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Post Office Historical Shortfall Scheme
"The postmasters had to settle because they ran out of money. My constituent Tom Brown got £20,000 in compensation; he paid £86,000 back to the Post Office. Can the Minister tell me where that £86,000 is, and why Tom is not entitled to get it back?..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Storm Arwen: Power Outages
"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to make a statement on the current situation regarding power outages cause by Storm Arwen...."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Storm Arwen: Power Outages
"First, I am disappointed that the Secretary of State is not here today to address us on this very important issue.
There is something seriously wrong with Northern Powergrid—not with the engineers and individuals who are out restoring power but with the management and senior management of that company. The …..."Lord Beamish - View Speech
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