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71 indexed mentions for this inquiry Earliest recorded mention: 19 June 1984
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Orgreave

Written Question House of Commons
Ann Clwyd · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the documents that her Department considered prior to her decision not to pursue an inquiry into alleged South Yorkshire police malpractice at Orgreave in 1984.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Home Secretary’s decision not to establish an inquiry or independent review into the events at Orgreave Coking Plant was based on a number of factors, including consideration of the key purposes of an inquiry and whether these were met in the case of Orgreave. As part of this consideration, the Home Secretary reviewed a range of relevant documentation.

Original parliamentary record

Orgreave

Written Question House of Commons
Ann Clwyd · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department assessed the evidence held by South Yorkshire Police on its operations at Orgreave during the Miners' Strike in 1984 before making a decision on whether to hold an inquiry into

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Home Office did not review files or assess evidence held by South Yorkshire Police.

Original parliamentary record

Orgreave

Written Question House of Commons
Ann Clwyd · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications are for her Department's policies of the legal submission given to her on 15 December 2015 by the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign on the confrontation between police and miners at Orgreave in June 1984.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

On 21 July 2015 the Home Secretary met a group of MPs, a Welsh Assembly Member, Michael Mansfield QC and members of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC), led by Louise Haigh MP, to discuss their calls for a public inquiry to be established following the publication of the IPCC scoping review into the policing of events at Orgreave in 1984.

Following this meeting, on 15 December 2015 the Home Secretary received a submission from the OTJC containing their arguments for establishing a public inquiry into the events at Orgreave. That 85 page submission raises a range of extensive issues which the Home Secretary is currently considering fully and in detail before responding. She will set out the Government’s position in due course.

Original parliamentary record

Orgreave

Written Question House of Commons
Ann Clwyd · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will establish an independent panel or an independent public inquiry into events at Orgreave in June 1984.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

On 21 July 2015 the Home Secretary met a group of MPs, a Welsh Assembly Member, Michael Mansfield QC and members of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC), led by Louise Haigh MP, to discuss their calls for a public inquiry to be established following the publication of the IPCC scoping review into the policing of events at Orgreave in 1984.

Following this meeting, on 15 December 2015 the Home Secretary received a submission from the OTJC containing their arguments for establishing a public inquiry into the events at Orgreave. That 85 page submission raises a range of extensive issues which the Home Secretary is currently considering fully and in detail before responding. She will set out the Government’s position in due course.

Original parliamentary record