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Bring the Hillsborough Bill back before Parliament

Submitted on Friday 28th May 2021

Rejected on Wednesday 2nd June 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Bring the Hillsborough Bill back before Parliament

Petition Details

Legal duty of candour on all officials. It should be illegal to amend statements to misdirect any inquiry that involves death of citizens.

Parity of legal funding for bereaved families at inquests where public bodies are involved.

Additional Information

Should it be at all legal for public officials (potentially even at the behest of their superiors) to change statements to misdirect a public inquiry after innocent citizens have died?

If the answer to that question is no, then the current laws we have are woefully inadequate and need to be improved at haste.

At the very least, if any public inquiry involves the death of even just one citizen, subterfuge from involved parties should be outlawed.

Candour should be the minimum requirement.


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This petition was rejected

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