“You’ve got retired judges, senior parliamentarians and six forensic accountants working on the postmaster scheme,” Mr Forde said.

“There just isn’t that kind of expertise being brought to bear [for the Windrush compensation scheme].

“People aren’t getting future loss of earnings. They’re not getting loss of career. They’re not getting loss of promotion prospects, not getting loss of pension. They’re not getting any interest on what they have lost.

“And the whole thing is just hidebound with bureaucracy.”

Mr Forde also highlighted the age of many of the Windrush generation, saying it was important to “realise that some of the cohort are really quite elderly… which is why new claims would have to be inherited”, adding to the legal complexity of cases.