The new Hillsborough Law will include a legal duty of candour, the prime minister has said, after concerns were raised that the government wanted to “water down” its scope.Sir Keir Starmer told the House of Commons he was “fully committed” to bringing in legislation which would force public officials to tell the truth at major inquiries, with “criminal sanctions for those that refuse to comply”.Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne has made a fresh parliamentary bid to drive through the original Hillsborough Law amid suggestions the duty of candour element had been removed from a draft of the bill.But Sir Keir insisted: “We will bring this forward – I just want to take the time to get it right.”A terrace crush during the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium fatally injured 97 Liverpool supporters.Labour MP Byrne, then 16 years old, was at the stadium that day.He said: “The law cannot bring back the 97, it cannot erase the decades of pain, nor undo the trauma inflicted by callous lies and institutional neglect.”But it can stop this from ever happening again – it can give truth, a fight for justice, and restore some of the faith lost, not just in the system but in the very idea of justice.” He urged Sir Keir not to “let this moment slip away” and to “honour the 97, not just with remembrance, but with change” .In 2016, after a 27-year campaign by victims’ families, an inquest jury ruled fans were not to blame for the disaster and that those who died had been unlawfully killed.The original Hillsborough Law, first presented in 2017, included a legal responsibility for public servants to tell the trut …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnThe new Hillsborough Law will include a legal duty of candour, the prime minister has said, after concerns were raised that the government wanted to “water down” its scope.Sir Keir Starmer told the House of Commons he was “fully committed” to bringing in legislation which would force public officials to tell the truth at major inquiries, with “criminal sanctions for those that refuse to comply”.Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne has made a fresh parliamentary bid to drive through the original Hillsborough Law amid suggestions the duty of candour element had been removed from a draft of the bill.But Sir Keir insisted: “We will bring this forward – I just want to take the time to get it right.”A terrace crush during the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium fatally injured 97 Liverpool supporters.Labour MP Byrne, then 16 years old, was at the stadium that day.He said: “The law cannot bring back the 97, it cannot erase the decades of pain, nor undo the trauma inflicted by callous lies and institutional neglect.”But it can stop this from ever happening again – it can give truth, a fight for justice, and restore some of the faith lost, not just in the system but in the very idea of justice.” He urged Sir Keir not to “let this moment slip away” and to “honour the 97, not just with remembrance, but with change” .In 2016, after a 27-year campaign by victims’ families, an inquest jury ruled fans were not to blame for the disaster and that those who died had been unlawfully killed.The original Hillsborough Law, first presented in 2017, included a legal responsibility for public servants to tell the trut …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
