“Hillsborough Law”
Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway Excerpts(2 weeks, 2 days ago)
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Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab)
Yes, the Government are very clear: we remain fully committed to bringing legislation forward at pace, which will include a legal duty of candour for public servants and criminal sanctions for those who refuse to comply with that duty of candour.
Baroness O’Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab)
My Lords, many truth and justice campaigns, from Orgreave to Grenfell as well as Hillsborough, have faced that culture of state defensiveness and denial. In addition, working-class communities also face an unequal battle for justice because of legal aid and resources. Can my noble friend the Minister guarantee that the new law will right that wrong and give working-class communities real access to justice?
European Court of Human Rights
Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway Excerpts(1 year, 6 months ago)
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Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab)
My Lords, will the Minister undertake to educate Cabinet colleagues about the specific impact that leaving the convention would have on the Good Friday agreement, and on our trade and co-operation agreement with the EU? I refer him to the Institute for Government, which has recently published analysis that says it would have a huge destabilising and damaging impact.
Lord Bellamy (Con)
Not being a member of the Cabinet, I cannot give the noble Baroness that undertaking, but I am sure the Government as a whole are well aware of the implications of what we are discussing.