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The voice of the
UK's post offices
The Lord Advocate & Cabinet.Secretary for Justice & Home Affairs
GRO.
By email only
3 October 2024
Dear Lord Advocate / Cabinet Secretary
Scottish Horizon Victims - Your Reference: 202400410233
We write with regard to arranging a meeting to discuss the issues arising in terms of criminal
prosecutions, exonerations and related matters for the Scottish Horizon victims.
We refer to our respective previous correspondence: our letter to the First Minister (16 January
2024); the letter from the Lord Advocate in response (11 March); our email to the Cabinet Secretary of
19 April; the letter from the Head of Criminal Justice at the Scottish Government in response offering
a joint meeting with the Cabinet Secretary and Lord Advocate (14 May); and our emails in response to
that letter seeking to make arrangements for the meeting (15 & 24 May and 12 July).
As referred to in the letter of 16 January 2024, the NFSP is a not-for profit trade association
representing post office operators responsible for around 8,500 post offices across the UK, including
in Scotland, hence our interest in the Horizon scandal matters and, for the purposes of our meeting,
the victims in Scotland.
We wish to confirm that we very much welcome the opportunity to have a joint meeting with you as
soon as possible.
We appreciate that when the NFSP CEO Calum Greenhow gave evidence to the Post Office Inquiry
on 26 September he said that a meeting with the Lord Advocate had not yet been set up,
notwithstanding the NFSP’s confirmation that we did wish to meet. This was reported in the Sunday
Post on 29 September. The report referred to the statement from the Lord Advocate’s office that no
reply had been received to the letter inviting us to a meeting. While we are unsure where the emails
of 15 and 24 May and 12 July ultimately reached, our emails confirming agreement to a meeting were
sent to the email address from which we had previously received emails and responses., including to
our email of 19 April, and also from which the letter of 14 May inviting us to a meeting was sent.
We do hope we can move forward arrange the proposed meeting with you. We are aware one of the
law firms representing an exonerated postmaster has also been in touch with your offices and, as we
regularly liaise with them on the Horizon scandal issues, we would be happy to have a joint meeting, if
that was suitable with you.
National Federation of SubPostmasters, Evelyn House, 22 Windlesham Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5AZ
A company limi and register egistered company number: 9771284
Tel email: admin: website: www.nfsp.org.uk
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We would be grateful if you could confirm the email address or any other contact details which we
should use when liaising to identify a mutually suitable date for the meeting.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Ruth Buckley-Salmon
Public Affairs Manager
National Federation of SubPostmasters, Evelyn House, 22 Windlesham Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 SAZ
‘A company limited by guarantee and registered in England « Registered company number: 9771284
website: www.nfsp.org.uk