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Betty Williams MP
House of Commons
LONDON
SW1A 0AA ECEIVED
05.01.04 Your ref: C2331/41413
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Dear Ms Williams
“an essential part of everyday life” www.postoffice.co.uk
Thank you for your letter of 23" December 2003, addressed to Allan
Leighton, enclosing a copy of a letter from your constituent Alan Bates -
ex-subpostmaster at Post Office®, Craig-y-don branch.
Mr Bates raises a number of issues, many of which were addressed in
my letter of 18* December. I stand by all the points I made in that letter.
! also stand by my comment that at the heart of Mr Bates' concerns is
his belief that the Horizon system is corrupt. A position substantiated, I
believe, by the comments Mr Bates makes on his website
postofficevictims.org.uk
These things said, Mr Bates quite obviously has a deep-seated belief
that he has been treated unjustly by Post Office Ltd. In an attempt to
bring this matter to a conclusion, I am asking an independent member
of my senior management team - Sandy Stephen, Head of Area for
Scotland - to review the case in its entirety.
I will write to you again once that review has been completed.
Yours sincerely
General Manager, Commercial Network
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