Petition · past parliament

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

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Create an investigation in which the Post Office has no management function at all.
It goes against the principles of independence and judicial fairness that the Post Office can investigate itself.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked 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: Remove Post Office from process of compensating postmasters

Timeline

25 Feb 2024 Petition opened for signatures
6 Mar 2024 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Mar 2024

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.