Mel Stride stated the Authorities is transferring at “very appreciable tempo” to assist the victims of the Put up Workplace scandal.
It was instructed to the Work and Pensions Secretary that the Authorities may cross a legislation tomorrow quashing the convictions.
Requested why the Authorities was not doing that, Mr Stride advised Occasions Radio: “Effectively, let’s wait and see precisely what occurs however you might be completely proper in what we’re doing, in what has been a horrible state of affairs for all of these concerned, is to maneuver now at very appreciable tempo.
“What Kevin Hollinrake [the minister who oversees the Post Office] introduced yesterday was that Alex Chalk, the Justice Secretary, is in discussions with senior individuals inside the justice system, judges and so forth, to take a look at what the choices are to guarantee that we push via that backlog of appeals as rapidly as potential.
“That isn’t to say that we haven’t already made progress in fact as a result of we’ve paid out £138million to 2,700 individuals. However there may be clearly fairly much more to do and we’re completely decided, the Authorities will get this, and to maneuver at tempo.”