00:00 I've seen first-hand the impact that this disaster has had on those subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted
00:08 and lost not just their livelihoods but their lives in so many of these cases.
00:13 And that's why it's important that compensation and exoneration is brought forward quickly
00:18 and that when the review is published we look at those recommendations and act to make sure
00:25 that we get justice for the subpostmasters but also the assurance that I think they deserve
00:31 and the public deserve that this will never happen again.
00:33 I'm sure that every government minister of successive governments will be asking themselves the same question.
00:40 How is it that this scandal went by without coming onto the radar of ministers?
00:46 What would we need to change in the future to make sure that when the alarm is sounded
00:52 that it's heard in Whitehall? And so I think as well as holding the Post Office to account
00:57 and Fujitsu to account for their failures, I think there also need to be lessons learned in Whitehall.
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