Some family members eligible for compensation, government announcespublished at 15:05 British Summer Time
The government has announced that some family members of the victims of the Horizon scandal will be eligible for compensation.
Gareth Thomas says the scheme will be open to "close family members of existing Horizon claimants who themselves suffered personal injury - including psychological distress - because of their relative's suffering".
He says there will be a process for "providing financial redress to close family members of those most adversely affected by Horizon", as set out in today's report.
"Sir Wyn rightly recognises that designing a suitable compensation scheme for family members raises some very difficult issues. Nonetheless, we want to look after those family members who suffered most," he says.