convicted in england or wales, of available evidence given during the horizon scandal. the government will continue in the coming days whether to include the small number of cases that have already been considered by the appeal court and the convictions that have been held. we recognise that have been held. we recognise that this is an exceptional step but these are exceptional circumstances. as the house knows, people with convictions which have been overturned are offered a choice between having their compensation individually assessed or settling on an upfront offer of £600,000. so as far as possible, we want to avoid guilty people walking away with hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money. but we cannot make the provision of compensation subject to a detailed examination of guilt. we have concluded that to do so would be unfair to individuals to ask the court to do that again. and we cannot turn this into an