Alan Bates, the man at the centre of an ITV drama credited for accelerating British postal workers’ long-running battle for justice, will appear before MPs on Tuesday to examine delivering compensation to victims.

Mr Bates, who founded the Justice for Sub-postmasters Alliance, will address the Commons’ business and trade committee with former sub-postmistress Jo Hamilton. Post Office and Fujitsu bosses will also be questioned over the Horizon scandal.

Speaking ahead of the committee hearing, Mr Bates told Sky News: “I have one concern, and it’s to get the compensation right, that’s it. They should be moving heaven and earth to get it done and get it done fast.”

The Horizon scandal saw more than 700 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses handed criminal convictions after faulty IT software made it appear as though money was missing at their branches.

Rishi Sunak last week announced that the wrongly prosecuted in England and Wales could have their names cleared by the end of the year under emergency legislation to tackle one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history.

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