Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill

Debate between Lord Offord of Garvel and Lord Falconer of Thoroton

2nd reading
Monday 13th May 2024 Lords Chamber

[Lord Offord of Garvel (Con)]

My understanding is that six were given no right to appeal because it was considered they did not have the evidence to do so; in effect, they are considered with the 13 whose convictions were not overturned. Therefore, they are included within the same category.

[Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab)]

I have been focusing on the recent trips to the Court of Appeal. I do not know whether there were trips to the Court of Appeal in the immediate aftermath of the convictions that started in 1996. Are we talking only about recent trips to the Court of Appeal or are we including trips that might have been a decade ago, before the nature of the scandal was known?