David Davis

David Davis

Conservative — Goole and Pocklington

Speaking in the House of Commons on 8 July 2025

Debate

Post Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1

Contribution

The Minister plainly agrees that this injustice has gone on too long. Earlier today, I spoke to Janet Skinner, one of the postmasters whose life was wrecked in 2007 when she served nine months in prison after wrongful conviction. She has spent 18 years since then struggling to get compensation and is still battling for it now, forced to wade through endless paperwork and a cruel bureaucratic maze. In her own words, the compensation process has been “harder than anything I’ve ever had to do before—and I’ve been to prison.” That is what she said to me today. Sir Wyn’s report is welcome. I hope it ignites a fire under the Minister, although I know that he is committed to solving problems like Janet’s in months, not years. Can he give me the undertaking that he will solve these problems in months, not years?

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