We come to questions the Prime Minister Lee Anderson.

Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others.

In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Happy New Year to you.

Now then, the Horizon Post Office scandal saw hundreds of innocent people sent to prison.

People like a former constituent of mine who went to jail for three years.

Now, during this scandal, the leader of the Liberal Democrats

was the Minister in charge of the post office.

This is the same Liberal Democrat leader who in the past has called for the resignation of

over 30 prominent people in this country who have made mistakes in their job. So does the Prime Minister agree with me that the leader of the Lib Demp

should take his own advice and start by clearing his desk, clear his diary and clear off?

Yes.

Mr Speaker, this is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation's history.

People who worked hard to serve their communities have their lives and their reputations destroyed

through absolutely no fault of their own. The victims must get justice and compensation.

Sir Wynne Williams' inquiry is undertaking crucial work to expose what went wrong

and we've paid almost £150 million in compensation to over 2,500 victims.

But today I can announce that we will introduce new primary legislation

to make sure that those convicted as a result of the Horizon scandal

are swiftly exonerated and compensated.

We will also introduce a new upfront payment of £75,000 for the vital GLO group of postmasters.

And can I thank my honourable friend the Member for Thurursk-Molton, for all his hard work.

...