Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake tells MPs in the House of Commons that he is “confident” that wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters can be processed with “much more pace” after a “very positive meeting” with Justice Secretary Alex Chalk. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 In the light of the Advisory Board's letter about overturning convictions,
00:03 I have spoken to the Right Honourable Member for Durham North and to Lord of Butternut,
00:07 and I've also had a very positive meeting this afternoon with my right honourable friend,
00:12 the Lord Chancellor. All of us on these benches and across the House are united in our desire to
00:18 see justice done. We have devised some options for resolving the outstanding criminal convictions
00:25 with much more pace. My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor will quite rightly need to
00:31 speak to senior figures in the judiciary about these options before we put them forward. But I
00:36 am confident that we should be able to implement measures which address the concerns expressed by
00:42 the Advisory Board, and I hope the Government shall be able to announce these proposals to
00:47 the House very shortly.