Post Office Horizon Scandal Northern Ireland - Ian Paisley in Commons. - video Dailymotion

DUP MP Ian Paisley speaks in the House of Commons about the Horizon Post Office Horizon scandal in Northern Ireland. (PJB)

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00:00 This was an appalling travesty and impacted the lives of so many innocent

00:05 people in all four corners of this kingdom and our hearts go out to those

00:08 people and I really do welcome the swift action that the government is now taking

00:13 to resolve this problem and I hope that it goes some way to help those people

00:18 through what's been a terrible time. Will you assure me that with regards to

00:21 Northern Ireland, he will not allow any delay whatsoever in the implementation

00:27 of these proposals? Excuses are used all the time, "well there's no devolved

00:31 assembly in Northern Ireland". No devolved minister had any role in this, therefore

00:35 there's no role for them with regards to dealing with the victims. Sort it out as

00:38 quickly as possible. Thank you for your comments and that's exactly our

00:41 intention. We are very keen to make this a UK wide scheme so everyone knows exactly

00:44 where they stand. As I said before, the same issues under, despite the

00:49 fact the legal system is different in Northern Ireland, the assembly of the

00:55 cases was done by the post office in most cases, the vast majority of

00:59 cases, so the same issues apply. So we don't want to see any delay, we will be

01:04 engaging with the Northern Irish authorities very keen to do that as quickly as

01:07 possible.