Post Office inquiry live updates: Lord Arbuthnot giving evidence

David Graham

1 year ago

Post Office inquiry live updates: Lord Arbuthnot giving evidence – BBC News

Summary

The Post Office inquiry hears from Lord Arbuthnot, a leading supporter of the campaign for justice for hundreds of wrongly convicted sub-postmasters
He says he was not satisfied with a “brush-off” reply he had from a Post Office executive, after raising concerns about the Horizon IT system
Paula Vennells wrote to the former Tory MP in 2012 to defend the Horizon system, describing it as “robust”
Arbuthnot also tells the inquiry he was “frustrated and annoyed” with the government’s arm’s-length approach to the Post Office when he raised potential issues in 2009
Pat McFadden, the minister in charge of postal affairs at the time, previously told the BBC he wished he had asked more questions about the Post Office
Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted due to the faulty Horizon system
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