POL00417099 - Letter from Alun Michael MP to Edward Davey MP re: Mrs Thakshila Somaskandarajah Splott Road Post Office response.

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: RT HON ALUN: MICHAEL JP MP
www.alunmichael.com ~ P.O. BOX 453
Edward Davey MP CARDIFF CF11 SYN
Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills,
1 Victoria Street
London
SWIH OET 20 July 2010
Dear Edward Davey MP,
-L have been approached by my. ¢
bo GRO
Road Post Office.
T would be grateful if you couldIlook at the matters raised by my constituent in
relation to the problems with POL dnd the Horizon system.
Thank you for your assistance withIthis matter. I look forward to hearing fram you, .
Yours sincerely,

ALUN MICHAEL MP

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Tuesday 6 July 2010

Dear Alun Michael,
Tam writing to you with regard t

the way I have been treated by Post

Office Ltd (POL). From 2002 until 2004 I was the sub post master at

Splott road post office. That is
unreasonably.

ntil POL terminated my contract

At the end of the day the root catise behind the problems T had with POL
was entirely due to their fault ridden Horizon system. I am not alone

in suffering from a.system which

is prone to errers, has negligible. -~ -

support, is inaccessible to the level required to manage the business,
but it is me that are held accountable for its failures and losses.

The Post Office is 100% owned by
Government try and sidestep its’ 4
of today with its silence, that ulti
atrocity/ies that POL has inflicte:
be an independent investigation in
forcing me/subpostmasters into u
undertake their business on their

Tand others have now joined toge:
Subpostmasters Alliance (www.jfsi
voices heard and to let the public

guiseof POL, are really treating su

elected representative in Parliame!
inquiry to be set up to investigate

the Government and regardless of how
lesponsibilities, it is the Government
mately approves atid sanctions the

on me/subpostmasters. There has to
‘© how POL has abused its power by

ing a corrupted Horizon system to
behalf.

her to form the Justice For
a.org.uk) in order to try and have our
now how the Government, in the

it Iam asking you to request an
my case and the many others cases

from around the country where subpostmasters have suffered at the hands

of Post Office Limited.

Tat available to come and talk to
want more details of my case.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs.T.Somaskandarajah

jou at one of your surgeries if you

stmasters. As-you.are my-~-—~ “~~

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From:  Thakshilla SomasKandrajah
Sent: 07 July 2010 18:10
To: MICHAEL, Alun

Subject: RE: Letter from your constitu

Dear Hon.Alun Michael MP,

Thank you for your prompt reply.I
further.I give my consent to share

have informed my other colleagues

West.
Thank you again.

_ Regards

Thakshila

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> Date: Tue, 6 Ju! 22
> Subject: RE: Letter from

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pnt THAKSHILA SOMASKANDARAJAH

m delighted that you have agreed to take my case
Iny email and attachments etc.with Ministers and others.
lof this good news from good and genuine MP for Cardiff

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nstituent THAKSHILA SOMASKANDARAJAH

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Barbara Bennett

From: Paul Hook {
Sent: 23 July 2010 7
To: Sue Huggins
Ce: George Thomson

Subject: NFSP media line on Horizon / Justice for Subpostmasters Allaince
Dear Sue

George has asked me to forward for information the statement (below) which the NFSP issued to the
media last year following enquiries on the issues raised by the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance; and
which was issued again earlier this week in response to an enquiry from the BBC.

NFSP General Secretary George Thomson: “We have complete confidence in the Horizon system, which
carries out hundreds of millions of transactions every week at 12,000 Post Office outlets across the
country. The NFSP has seen no evidence to suggest that Horizon has been at fault — we believe it to be
robust, as does Post Office Ltd, with whom we have regular discussions on the system.”

Kind regards
Paul

Paul Hook
Director of Policy and Communications

National Federation of SubPostmasters

Evelyn House, 22 Windlesham Gardens

Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5AZ

www.nfsp.org.uk

23/07/2010

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