Mining: Strikes

(asked on 2nd February 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of commissioning an independent review of criminal convictions during the miners strikes of 1984-85.


Answered by
Kevin Hollinrake Portrait
Kevin Hollinrake
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 12th February 2024

The Government does not believe that an independent review of criminal convictions during the miners' strike of 1984-85 is appropriate or necessary. Any individual who believes they have been wrongly convicted of a crime can make a request to the independent Criminal Cases Review Commission who can investigate and where appropriate refer cases back to the courts.

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