CCRC Decision on 44 Post Office Prosecutions Debate
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Elliot Colburn
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CCRC Decision on 44 Post Office Prosecutions
Elliot Colburn Excerpts(3 years, 6 months ago)
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Paul Scully
I can assure the hon. Lady that the computer very much says yes, which is why we have launched an independent inquiry.
Elliot Colburn (Carshalton and Wallington) (Con)
I have not yet had the chance in this place to congratulate my constituency neighbour and former boss on his ministerial appointment.
I have met Carshalton and Wallington residents, including Nirmala Fatania, who have been affected by the Horizon scandal and whose lives have been turned upside down. Will my hon. Friend assure me that the Post Office will co-operate fully with the inquiry, that we will learn the necessary lessons, and that we will make sure that nothing like this ever happens again?
Paul Scully
I thank my hon. Friend—I did not ask him to say what he did, but it is gratefully received and he can come again.
All of us as constituency MPs hear from people like Nirmala Fatania. We are determined to get the answers through the independent inquiry, so that this can never happen again.