Extract from Commons consideration of Lords amendments to the Policing and Crime Bill - Jan 10
Wednesday, 11 January 2017 08:41
Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):...I now turn to Lords amendment 96,
with consequential amendment 302, which was proposed in the other
place by Lord Rosser. The purpose of the amendment is to establish
the principle of parity of legal funding for bereaved families at
inquests involving the police. Many hon. Members have championed
this cause, including during the passage of the Bill. I pay
particular tribute to the tireless campaigning and personal
commitment of my right hon. Friend the Member for...Request free trial
(West Ham) (Lab):...I now
turn to Lords amendment 96, with consequential amendment 302, which
was proposed in the other place by . The purpose of the
amendment is to establish the principle of parity of legal funding
for bereaved families at inquests involving the police. Many hon.
Members have championed this cause, including during the passage of
the Bill. I pay particular tribute to the tireless campaigning and
personal commitment of my right hon. Friend the Member for Leigh
(Andy Burnham). Unequal funding at inquests and the injustice
associated with that was highlighted by the sorry saga of the
Hillsborough hearings. The scales of justice were weighted against
the families of those who had lost their lives. Public money was
used not to discover the truth, but instead to defend an untenable
narrative perpetuated by south
yorkshire police. The coroner dealing with the first
pre-inquest hearings into the 21 victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub
bombings backed and commended applications for their bereaved
families to get legal funding for proper representation, but did
not have the power to authorise the funds...
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