in the nhs can be done before. one thing that's hampering progress on the waiting list is obviously industrial action, so i hope the honourable canjoin with industrial action, so i hope the honourable can join with the 1 million nhs workers including nurses, midwives, therapists, paramedics, consultants and doctors, all of whom have reached a fair and reasonable pay settlement with the government and urge the junior doctors to do the same. we will return to the chamber for the expected statement from the post office minister who will give details, we hope, on what the prime minister announced at the beginning of prime minister's questions, that the government will introduce primary legislation to swiftly exonerate and compensate those who were wrongly prosecuted and convicted by the post office. let's introduce our guests, starting with the government minister, edward agar