WITN10200112 - Email from Robert Jones to Laura Thompson, Neviille-Rolfe, Richard Callard and others RE: Post Office Horizon: Letters from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to MPs and to Second Sight

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Sent: Wed 12/08/2015 12:13:37 PM (UTC)
To: Thompson Li ‘Shareholder Executi “y]; Neville-Rolfe

Ce: Odgers Anthony
Kilgarriff Patrick (LEGAL
F French Claire
(Communications,
Subject: RE: Post Office Horizon: Letters from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to MPs and to Second Sight
Attachment: 150810 Post Office Horizon note v4_Spad_Comments.docx
Laura,

Many thanks for this note — Nick has now seen. I’ve made his changes and added comments in the attached
document.

He has also asked that the note deals with the second sight issue — can we add something in on that too please?

Thanks,
Rob
ea Robert Jones
ie Private Secretary to the Special Advisers I MPST
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From: Thompson Laura (Shareholder Executive)

Sent: 10 August 2015 14:26

To: SpAd Javid MPST; Neville-Rolfe MPST

Cc: Callard Richard (ShEx); Odgers Anthony (ShEx); Kilgarriff Patrick (LEGAL B); French Claire (Communications);

Rogers Ashley (Communications)
Subject: RE: Post Office Horizon: Letters from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to MPs and to Second Sight

Andrew, Rob

Please also see attached note intended for No 10 and any other Departments with an interest. I’d be grateful for
views from SpAds/Ministers, and from copy recipients (press/legal) too. Happy to discuss of course.

Thanks
Laura
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Laura Thompson I Assistant Director I Shareholder Executive

From: Thompson Laura (Shareholder Executive)

Sent: 10 August 2015 14:03

To: SpAd Javid MPST; Neville-Rolfe MPST

Cc: Callard Richard (ShEx); Odgers Anthony (ShEx); Kilgarriff Patrick (LEGAL B); French Claire (Communications);
Rogers Ashley (Communications)

Subject: RE: Post Office Horizon: Letters from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to MPs and to Second Sight

Andrew

We spoke and you passed on that the Minister would like the letter to Second Sight to be shorter, and more nuanced
around the IT system itself. A revised version is attached for the Minister and SpAds to consider (a lot of this is just
moved around rather than new drafting). Very happy to take on further comments of course.

I will also shortly send up our proposed note for No 10.

Thanks
Laura

Laura Thompson I Assistant Director I Shareholder Executive

From: Thompson Laura (Shareholder Executive)

Sent: 06 August 2015 13:05

To: SpAd Javid MPST; Neville-Rolfe MPST

Cc: Callard Richard (ShEx); Odgers Anthony (ShEx); Kilgarriff Patrick (LEGAL B); French Claire (Communications);
Rogers Ashley (Communications)

Subject: Post Office Horizon: Letters from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to MPs and to Second Sight

Importance: High

Rob, Harriet, Andrew

Please find attached two draft letters about Post Office Horizon, to be sent from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to MPs
(Andrew Bridgen and Kevan Jones) and to Second Sight (Ron Warmington).

The chain of Mr Warmington’s correspondence is attached. The letter to MPs is designed to follow up from the
Minister’s meeting with them and Post Office last month.

We discussed with the Minister and with SpAds that these letters will in all likelihood end up in the public domain so
we need to ensure they are drafted correctly. In terms of timing, we need to consider the Panorama programme
which is now likely to air on Monday 17 August — I suggest these letters should go before then. But we will also need
to make sure our note to No 10 (which I will try and send up today) has landed.

In the interests of time I am sending to Ministers and SpAds together — would it be possible Rob for Nick/Salma to
take a look at this quickly? Also welcome any thoughts from press office or legal.

Happy to discuss of course.

Thanks
Laura
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Laura Thompson I Assistant Director, Post Office Network Team I Shareholder Executive
BIS, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H OET I1,
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