Urgent Question: inquiry into policing at Orgreave: 20 July 2016
20 July 2016 (updated on 20 July 2016)
Shadow Home Secretary, Andy Burnham, asked an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on calls for a public inquiry into policing at the Orgreave coking plant in 1984.
The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, responded on behalf of the Government.
- Watch Parliament TV: Urgent Question on Orgreave: Public Inquiry into Policing
- Read Commons Hansard: Urgent Question on Orgreave: Public Inquiry into Policing
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