Hillsborough law “must be correct does not rush”

A law proposed by Hillsborough should be changed by the Government to ensure that it is “fair”, rather than rushing to meet a political term, campaigns said.

The legislation, called in honor of the 97 victims of Hillsborough stadium disaster In 1989, he would force public bodies to cooperate with investigations on major disasters or could cope with criminal sanctions.

Speculations about the position of the government increased on Thursday after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer canceled a meeting with Hillsborough families.

Jenni Hicks whose 19 -year -old daughters, and Victoria, 15 -year -old died at the disaster, said she would prefer to “wait a little longer” for a “strong enough candor” than to have a “diluted version”.

In September, Sir Keir promised to introduce the law before the next anniversary of the tragedy on April 15.

However, campaigns reacted angrily to recent reports that suggest that officials were trying to do the “wet” draft, criminal sanctions applying only to those who give evidence in public investigations or investigations.

A spokesman for number 10 said the prime minister’s office will not comment on private meetings, but has reaffirmed the government to the Hillsborough law.

Said Mrs. Hicks BBC Radio Merseyside She and the other families were forced to wait for 24 years for the tests to be transmitted in the Hillsborough independent panel and two more years to publish their conclusions.

“No one after losing a loved one should wait 24 years to hear the truth about how they died,” she said.

“We hope that the Hillsborough law will be strong enough to prevent anyone else from going through the same procedures and the long -term expectation of Hillsborough families.

“So that’s what I would like to emphasize the Prime Minister – you have to get this right.”

She added: “I would prefer to wait a little more and have an adequate and adequate law of Hillsborough, with a duty of sufficiently strong candor, rather than just linking to keep her promise with a diluted version.”

Applicant Elkan Abrahamson, who represented some of the families and acts as director of the Hillsborough Campaign Law Now (HLN), said that the bill does not include the parity of financing for the families of the disasters.

“You get families who are offered low funding, or a very low funding and have been a kind of scrabling for people who will help them,” he said.

“Then you enter the room and see groups and groups of KCs and lawyers and junior lawyers representing all these public bodies with our money, with public money, and yet no public money for families are spent.”

He said that the law should include a debt of candor and a debt for public officials to help investigations proactively – including in cases where they have vital information, but they are not directly asked to give evidence.

Mr. Abrahamson said, “We must focus on the correct adoption of the law and, if that means it cannot be done until the next anniversary – it will be.

“It is much more important that the right thing is done than adapting a deadline.”

A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: “We are fully employed to bring a Hillsborough law, which will include a legal debt for civil servants and criminal sanctions for those who refuse to comply.”