The minister with responsibility for the Post Office is set to give an update to Parliament relating to Horizon compensation and convictions.
Kevin Hollinrake will issue a statement, after ex-minister David Davis called for sub-postmasters and mistresses involved in the scandal to be exonerated.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has also said all cases need to be revisited, while Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said it was important that victims were properly compensated.
Earlier, the prime minister said the government "will do everything we can to make this right for all those affected"
Rishi Sunak would also "strongly support" the honours committee if it chose to look into revoking the CBE of former Post Office boss Paula Vennells.
Between 1999 and 2015, the Post Office prosecuted 736 sub-postmasters and mistresses based on information from a computer system called Horizon.
More than 700 branch managers were given criminal convictions when the faulty software made it look as though money was missing from their sites - 93 of these convictions have been overturned.
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