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Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024
Summary
This Act fixes a major injustice where Post Office staff were prosecuted for theft and fraud based on faulty data from the Horizon computer system. It makes it easier to overturn these wrongful convictions and provides a way for victims to receive financial compensation for their suffering.
A vote to support means
- —Supporting this Act means helping Post Office workers who were wrongly convicted because of problems with the Horizon computer system. It allows people who were treated unfairly to have their convictions overturned and get compensation for the damage done to their lives and reputations.
A vote to oppose means
- —Some might worry about the cost to taxpayers of compensating many people, or question whether the Act goes far enough in holding the Post Office and its bosses responsible. Others might be concerned about how quickly cases can be reviewed or whether all victims will be properly identified.
Cast Your Vote
People's Vote2 votes
100% Support · 20% Oppose · 0
Parliament's Vote307 MPs
14% Ayes · 4286% Noes · 265
Democratic Gap
86% — Large gap
Outcome mismatch — the public would pass this bill, but Parliament rejected it
Bill Passage
Commons
- 1st reading13 Mar 2024
- 2nd reading20 Mar 2024
- 3rd reading29 Apr 2024
Lords
- 1st reading30 Apr 2024
- 2nd reading13 May 2024
- Committee stage23 May 2024
- Report stage23 May 2024
- 3rd reading23 May 2024
Royal Assent24 May 2024
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