Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Liz Saville Roberts has called on the new UK Labour government to redouble efforts to redress the damage caused to communities caught-up in the Horizon Post Office scandal.
Mrs Saville Roberts raised the case of former Penrhyndeudraeth Sub-postmaster Dewi Lewis who endured four months of imprisonment and had to wear a tag for another four months for a crime he never committed.
Mrs Saville Roberts said that ongoing fallout from the Post Office scandal was having a detrimental impact on communities in her constituency with significant challenges in recruiting people to work in local post offices.
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Speaking in the House of Commons, Liz Saville Roberts MP said:
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Dewi Lewis of Penrhyndeudraeth is a former sub-postmaster who endured four months of imprisonment and had to wear a tag for another four months for a crime he never committed. He hasn’t wanted me to raise his case in the Chamber before, because he said that to have his hopes raised and then dashed would destroy him: two weeks ago, he got a letter, I am glad to say, to say that his convictions were quashed. But the damage that has been done to the reputation of the Post Office in rural Wales is so immense that people are no longer prepared to work in post offices. I welcome that the Secretary of State says that he believes the business model is no longer fit for purpose, but how can we be sure that we will have strategic planning to serve those communities that were once served so well by people like Dewi Lewis?
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Liz Saville Roberts MP added:
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The effects of the Horizon scandal and Post Office business practices are still hurting our communities. The Post Office provides essential services for many people, and we need assurances from the new government that these will be maintained. The Horizon scandal is a mess of the Post Office’s own making, but which continues to have damaging and widespread impact on communities across the UK. It is incumbent upon them to restore trust in the service and the first step towards that is to ensure people can access services wherever they live.
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