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james _ can you give us your full name? james arbuthnot.— james arbuthnot.vidin james arbuthnot. thank you for providing the — james arbuthnot. thank you for providing the inquiry _ james arbuthnot. thank you for providing the inquiry with - james arbuthnot. thank you for providing the inquiry with a - james arbuthnot. thank you forj providing the inquiry with a very detailed — providing the inquiry with a very detailed witness statement and for giving _ detailed witness statement and for giving evidence today to assist us in our— giving evidence today to assist us in our investigation. in relation to the witness — in our investigation. in relation to the witness statement you have provided. — the witness statement you have provided, and we look at it, please, the only— provided, and we look at it, please, the only time i will ask you to look at hard _ the only time i will ask you to look at hard document. you are in is... the _ at hard document. you are in is... the witness — at hard document. you are in is... the witness statement is 180 pages in length _
james _ can you give us your full name? james arbuthnot.— james arbuthnot.vidin james arbuthnot. thank you for providing the — james arbuthnot. thank you for providing the inquiry _ james arbuthnot. thank you for providing the inquiry with - james arbuthnot. thank you for providing the inquiry with a - james arbuthnot. thank you forj providing the inquiry with a very detailed — providing the inquiry with a very detailed witness statement and for giving _ detailed witness statement and for...
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as you said, lord james arbuthnot has been j said, lord james arbuthnot has been campaigning on thishe time when one of his constituents became a victim, more than 900 sub—postmasters were prosecuted at the time because of this faulty it system. he has criticise not only the post office but also successive governments for not having done more for the victims. he had said the post office was defensive, secretive and accused them of blocking information getting to investigators, and when it comes to investigators, and when it comes to the government and southey said he highlighted issues with the software nearly two decades ago but the response he got from successive governments was despite owning the post office, the government has an arm's—length relationship with the post office. he didn't take that response very well, he said it is essentially saying no to me, when he expected them to sort what he saw as a potential injustice out, and he said it is essentially not taking ownership, accountability of your ownership. he described a particularly colourfully. if you have an organisatio
as you said, lord james arbuthnot has been j said, lord james arbuthnot has been campaigning on thishe time when one of his constituents became a victim, more than 900 sub—postmasters were prosecuted at the time because of this faulty it system. he has criticise not only the post office but also successive governments for not having done more for the victims. he had said the post office was defensive, secretive and accused them of blocking information getting to investigators, and when it...
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and then james arbuthnot clearly _ appointed? yes. seemed disappointed the whole thing couldn't be buttoned up the whole thing couldn't be buttoned up to date, asking whether warburton would be willing to come back for a 3—person meeting, warburton of course offer to do that. page three. if we scroll down a little bit, three paragraphs from the bottom, in regard to second sight and alan bates, whilstjames regard to second sight and alan bates, whilst james are regard to second sight and alan bates, whilstjames are both regard to second sight and alan bates, whilst james are both at once alan bates multi—' buy in, he doesn't want to give the impression that alan bates has a veto as to who will carry it out. they are satisfied that second sight is a suitable choice and now remains to get concurrence from jfsa and alan bates. it seems the mp5 wanted your approval on behalf ofjfsa in order to button up second sight�*s appointment, would you agree? and it was therefore not necessarily a done deal... ., ., �* ~' deal... no. i don't think we
and then james arbuthnot clearly _ appointed? yes. seemed disappointed the whole thing couldn't be buttoned up the whole thing couldn't be buttoned up to date, asking whether warburton would be willing to come back for a 3—person meeting, warburton of course offer to do that. page three. if we scroll down a little bit, three paragraphs from the bottom, in regard to second sight and alan bates, whilstjames regard to second sight and alan bates, whilst james are regard to second sight and alan...
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plan a was to persuade james arbuthnot to i to persuade james arbuthnot to postpone a meeting with secondes? was that the strategy that was in fact adopted? rebuttal and tactics aimed to reduce reputational impact? | rebuttal and tactics aimed to reduce reputational impact?— reputational impact? i think in terms of the _ reputational impact? i think in terms of the reputational i reputational impact? i think in i terms of the reputational impact, the
plan a was to persuade james arbuthnot to i to persuade james arbuthnot to postpone a meeting with secondes? was that the strategy that was in fact adopted? rebuttal and tactics aimed to reduce reputational impact? | rebuttal and tactics aimed to reduce reputational impact?— reputational impact? i think in terms of the _ reputational impact? i think in terms of the reputational i reputational impact? i think in i terms of the reputational impact, the
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you've been listening to lord james arbuthnot.ve mp and has been campaigning alongside the victims for more than 1a years. he has been detailing his correspondence with the government, the post office and the government, the post office and the royal mail because those conversations are crucial to understanding how what is widely seen as one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in the uk could have possibly happened and who knew what and when. it is worth picking out some of these key moments and he has talked about the former chief executive of the royal mail paula vennells. loss of sound. the office they have a problem with the sound from that inquiry. as you can see, you've been in getting audio of evidence from lord arbuthnot. all you have to do is scan a qr code you can see on the screen at the moment for more on this on the bbc iplayer and you can pick up all of the latest from the inquiry and indeed we also have a special bbc news life page up and running which you will find both —— you will find our correspondence giving
you've been listening to lord james arbuthnot.ve mp and has been campaigning alongside the victims for more than 1a years. he has been detailing his correspondence with the government, the post office and the government, the post office and the royal mail because those conversations are crucial to understanding how what is widely seen as one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in the uk could have possibly happened and who knew what and when. it is worth picking out some of these key moments...
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yesterday we heard from lord james arbuthnot, | we heard from lord james arbuthnot, someone who is athese victims for about 15 years. he had criticism not only for the post office and paula vennells but also for successive governments. he said they could have done more victims. in terms of the post office he call them defensive, he called them secretive, accuse them of blocking information getting to investigators. he criticised paula vennells as well. in factory over the course of the inquiry yesterday was accused making a pulse statement to a government minister in 2012. she wrote a letter about court cases against sub—postmasters and at the time she wrote that in each incidents, every incidence, the court has found in our favour. the inquiry counseljason beer said that is just not true, when it came to successive governments lord arbuthnot said they had taken an arm's—length approach to the ownership of the post office, what they told him, and he said that wasn't quite good enough, he said there is also the problem was essentially no, not me, and compared it to owning a dangerous
yesterday we heard from lord james arbuthnot, | we heard from lord james arbuthnot, someone who is athese victims for about 15 years. he had criticism not only for the post office and paula vennells but also for successive governments. he said they could have done more victims. in terms of the post office he call them defensive, he called them secretive, accuse them of blocking information getting to investigators. he criticised paula vennells as well. in factory over the course of the inquiry...
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in a few moments lord james arbuthnot - what can we expect today?hese doors, a former conservative mp, now a tory peer, but he has been campaigning alongside these victims for more than 1a years and he got involved in one of his constituentsjo hamilton became a victim himself. he is engaged with. its executives as well as misters on this issue so this next phase of the inquiry is trying to answer that crucial question of who knew what and where his correspondence and conversations with executives, people like paula vennells the former chief executive who will be appearing at this inquiry in may, that correspondence and knowledge will be crucial. his language has been very strong in the past. he said there was a perversion of the course ofjustice, and that he believes people connected to this scandal should face a long spell in jail. siranthony scandal should face a long spell in jail. sir anthony hooper is someone else who will be appearing today. he chaired the mediation scheme between the post office and the sub—postmaster is. that started in abou
in a few moments lord james arbuthnot - what can we expect today?hese doors, a former conservative mp, now a tory peer, but he has been campaigning alongside these victims for more than 1a years and he got involved in one of his constituentsjo hamilton became a victim himself. he is engaged with. its executives as well as misters on this issue so this next phase of the inquiry is trying to answer that crucial question of who knew what and where his correspondence and conversations with...
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plan a was to persuade james arbuthnot to i to persuade james arbuthnot to postpone a meeting with secondight? _ postpone a meeting with second sight? plan b was to prepare a full communications strategy with tactics in line _ communications strategy with tactics in line with _ communications strategy with tactics in line with an approach to minimise reputational impact on the post office? — reputational impact on the post office? yes? was that the strategy that was_ office? yes? was that the strategy that was in— office? yes? was that the strategy that was in fact adopted? rebuttal and tactics aimed to reduce reputational impact? | rebuttal and tactics aimed to reduce reputational impact?— reputational impact? i think in terms of the _ reputational impact? i think in terms of the reputational - reputational impact? i think in i terms of the reputational impact, the feeling was with second sight at this point, they won't evidence and quite a lot of what they were claiming... quite a lot of what they were ctaiming- - -— quite a lot of what they were claimina...~ ., , claiming... who was sa
plan a was to persuade james arbuthnot to i to persuade james arbuthnot to postpone a meeting with secondight? _ postpone a meeting with second sight? plan b was to prepare a full communications strategy with tactics in line _ communications strategy with tactics in line with _ communications strategy with tactics in line with an approach to minimise reputational impact on the post office? — reputational impact on the post office? yes? was that the strategy that was_ office? yes? was that the...
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we've been hearing today from lord james arbuthnot.his correspondence with post office executives and the government has been given into evidence and that inquiry has resumed so let's take a listen. i inquiry has resumed so let's take a listen. . , inquiry has resumed so let's take a listen. ., , ., ., , ., listen. i was not told here is a listen. i was not told here is a list of bugs — listen. i was not told here is a list of bugs you _ listen. i was not told here is a list of bugs you are _ listen. i was not told here is a list of bugs you are to - listen. i was not told here is a list of bugs you are to take i listen. i was not told here is a | list of bugs you are to take into account, no. they failed to do that. i might divide it into three. 0ne account, no. they failed to do that. i might divide it into three. one a civil and criminal cases. the second is bugs and the third is consideration in the past of independent investigations. absolutely. they did not do that. does the same apply to the meeting on the 17th of may 2002? yes.
we've been hearing today from lord james arbuthnot.his correspondence with post office executives and the government has been given into evidence and that inquiry has resumed so let's take a listen. i inquiry has resumed so let's take a listen. . , inquiry has resumed so let's take a listen. ., , ., ., , ., listen. i was not told here is a listen. i was not told here is a list of bugs — listen. i was not told here is a list of bugs you _ listen. i was not told here is a list of bugs you are _...
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the former conservative mp james arbuthnot, who, in 2009, was one of the first mps to raise the issuet system with the government, has been giving evidence at the public inquiry into the post office scandal. lord arbuthnot — who became a leading supporter of the subpostmasters�* campaign forjustice — told the inquiry he had had doubts over the post office's approach to the truth. here's zoe conway. he's been called the sub—postmasters�* most trusted voice. lord arbuthnot tried to get the government to help them 15 years ago, but he says the attitude from ministers was "not me, guv." they told him the post office was run at arm's length. there's a sort of democratic deficit that is popping up here if the government is refusing to take responsibility for it. and also, the risks of owning a dangerous dog, you cannot say that the dangerous dog has an arm's—length relationship with you. he was also damning about how the post office management kept from mps problems with the horizon computer system. they knew that there were a large number of bugs in the system, which they had not told mps
the former conservative mp james arbuthnot, who, in 2009, was one of the first mps to raise the issuet system with the government, has been giving evidence at the public inquiry into the post office scandal. lord arbuthnot — who became a leading supporter of the subpostmasters�* campaign forjustice — told the inquiry he had had doubts over the post office's approach to the truth. here's zoe conway. he's been called the sub—postmasters�* most trusted voice. lord arbuthnot tried to get...
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for many years, james, now lord arbuthnot, has been the postmasters' most trusted voice in parliament understand to be the reason for the termination of your contract? well... well, basically, ithink it was because... a, they didn't like me standing up to them in the first instance. b, they were finding it awkward. and c, i don't think they could answer these questions. after years of fighting, helping many hundreds of postmasters, how would he describe the culture of the post office? they're an atrocious organisation.
for many years, james, now lord arbuthnot, has been the postmasters' most trusted voice in parliament understand to be the reason for the termination of your contract? well... well, basically, ithink it was because... a, they didn't like me standing up to them in the first instance. b, they were finding it awkward. and c, i don't think they could answer these questions. after years of fighting, helping many hundreds of postmasters, how would he describe the culture of the post office? they're...
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for many years, james, now lord arbuthnot, has been the postmasters' most trusted voice in parliaments from ministers and post office executives. this morning, he will take his turn at the post office inquiry, along with the retired appeal court judge, who chaired the first failed attempt at mediation back in 2013. former postmaster alan bates gave evidence yesterday, covering 23 years of battling the post office in just a few hours. it began when he was a postmaster, asking question after question about the horizon system. what do you understand to be the reason for the termination of your contract? well... well, basically, ithink it was because, a, they didn't like me standing up to them in the first instance. b, they were finding it awkward. and c, i don't think they could answer these questions. after years of fighting, helping many hundreds of postmasters, how would he describe the culture of the post office? they're an atrocious organisation. they need disbanding, it needs removing, it needs building up again from the ground floor. and, as i've been quoted quite commonly, the wh
for many years, james, now lord arbuthnot, has been the postmasters' most trusted voice in parliaments from ministers and post office executives. this morning, he will take his turn at the post office inquiry, along with the retired appeal court judge, who chaired the first failed attempt at mediation back in 2013. former postmaster alan bates gave evidence yesterday, covering 23 years of battling the post office in just a few hours. it began when he was a postmaster, asking question after...