Rejected petition Prevent the Post Office from managing an investigation into its own actions.

Create an investigation in which the Post Office has no management function at all.

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It goes against the principles of independence and judicial fairness that the Post Office can investigate itself.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is an independent public statutory Inquiry established by the Government to gather a clear account of the implementation and failings of the Horizon IT system at the Post Office over its lifetime. You can find out more about this inquiry here: https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk/about-inquiry

If you are concerned about the Post Office's role in providing compensation for postmasters, we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Remove Post Office from process of compensating postmasters: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/654500

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 25 February 2024
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