Later today, MPs will hear evidence from a number of witnesses including campaigner and wronged sub-postmaster Alan Bates on the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Representatives from Fujitsu – the company behind the faulty Horizon software – will also face parliamentary scrutiny for the first time.
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride told Sky News that what is most important to the people who have “suffered most grievously” over two decades is that the situation is “resolved quickly and satisfactorily”.
He declined to say if the Post Office is still fit for purpose, saying there are “going to be many, many lessons to learn”.
Mr Stride added: “We have moved so swiftly to make sure that we bring justice, that we exonerate those people as quickly as possible, that we have the right compensation schemes in place so that we’re able to compensate people as quickly as possible.
“As to justice and what may follow, I do think it’s important that we have a thorough, independent process and we set that up some couple of years back to make sure that we have a really thorough investigation.”
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