The Horizon scandal is one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in British history. Post Office prosecutions of innocent workers robbed people of their livelihoods, their liberty and in some cases, their lives.

It was driven by the misguided belief by Post Office Ltd that technology was infallible, and a suspicion that workers were intrinsically dishonest, both of which assumptions serve as warnings as we navigate a new era of artificial intelligence.

Justice must be served, and, having spent the last couple of days in meetings with No 10 Downing Street and with my counterparts at the Department of Business and Trade, I am absolutely delighted that a new law will be quickly introduced to ensure sub-postmasters are exonerated in full. History will be clear as day: they were innocent.

The new primary legislation will also quickly issue a universal compensation payments of seventy five thousand pounds to all claimants, and a fast forwarded compensation process for wider claims.

This is an issue which Labour has pushed for justice on for years. I myself have raised it in the House and in written questions to ministers repeatedly, as have many parliamentary colleagues. But it is thanks to brilliant team behind ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office -including Tameside’s very own creative force of nature Julie Hesmondhalgh- that the issue has been accelerated the issue up the nation’s agenda and Prime Minister Sunak has finally paid it some attention. We have seen this week the unstoppable role of arts and culture in highlighting injustice and increasing awareness.

It is right that the Sir Wyn Williams inquiry continues to uncover the truth. However, just this week, I learned from one of my constituents that they were informed only very recently that they are a victim of this scandal, and separately, other victims from an earlier pilot were uncovered. In the House of Commons I challenged Government ministers on what steps they are taking to ensure every victim is identified and encouraged to come forward.

It is clear that as the tech providers, Fujitsu also face serious questions which the evidence sessions planned for the inquiry later this year must tackle. If they knew the extent of what was occurring, there will have to be consequences that match the scale of the injustice.

Nothing will ever repair the lives, health and relationships broken by the Horizon nightmare, but I am delighted that this has been the week the country said: enough. Now time for lessons to be learnt so history never repeats itself.