A Bill to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under, or in connection with, schemes or other arrangements to compensate persons affected by the Horizon system and in respect of other matters identified in legal proceedings relating to the Horizon system.
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1 The Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Bill will help delivery of full and fair compensation to postmasters who have suffered as a consequence of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, including those who were litigants in legal proceedings the subject of a "Group Litigation Order" (GLO) ( Bates and Others v Post Office) which exposed the scandal and shortcomings of the Post Office Limited ("the Post Office"). It will establish the financial authority (necessary for regularity reasons) to enable the Secretary of State for Business and Trade ("the Secretary of State") to make compensation…