Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 27
16th Report - Post Office Horizon scandal: Justice for sub-postmasters
Published 13 Mar 2026
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Government should bring forward legislation to quash Capture-related convictions, as it did for those relating to the Horizon IT system in 2024. (Recommendation, Paragraph 79)
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 16th Report - Post Office Horizon scandal: Justice for sub-postmasters (HC 1589), 13 March 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 13 May 2026, 172 days ago.