Orgreave Inquiry: Parliament
Mentions of the inquiry in parliamentary proceedings, drawn from Hansard, most recent first.
Orgreave
Mike Wood · Conservative → Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 July 2025, on Events at Orgreave, HCWS855, by what mechanism the panel of independent experts will be (a) selected and (b) appointed; whether they will be paid;
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Home Office
As set out in the previous Home Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July 2025, the Orgreave Inquiry will be established as a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005, with a small panel of independent experts to be appointed in due cours...
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Orgreave Inquiry
Commons Chamber
Orgreave: Public Inquiries
Baroness Hoey · Non-affiliated → Home Office
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the Orgreave inquiry to report.
Government answer ▾
Home Office
As referred to in the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July announcing the establishment of an inquiry into the events at Orgreave (HLWS860), the Home Secretary is currently in consultation with the Chair of the inquiry on its terms of reference. The H...
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Orgreave: Public Inquiries
Baroness Hoey · Non-affiliated → Home Office
To ask His Majesty's Government how much the chair of the Orgreave inquiry will be paid.
Government answer ▾
Home Office
As referred to in the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July announcing the establishment of an inquiry into the events at Orgreave (HLWS860), the Home Secretary is currently in consultation with the Chair of the inquiry on its terms of reference. The H...
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Orgreave: Public Inquiries
Baroness Hoey · Non-affiliated → Home Office
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of the Orgreave inquiry.
Government answer ▾
Home Office
As referred to in the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July announcing the establishment of an inquiry into the events at Orgreave (HLWS860), the Home Secretary is currently in consultation with the Chair of the inquiry on its terms of reference. The H...
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40th Anniversary of the 1984-85 Miners' Strike
Jon Trickett · Labour
That this House commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners’ strike that began in March 1984 in response to the Thatcher government's plans to destroy the British coal industry; notes that the National Union of Mineworkers decided to strike after the National Coal Board announced the cl…
Inquiry into the events at Orgreave
Richard Burgon · Labour
That this House notes that it is now five years since the then Home Secretary, Amber Rudd MP, refused the call for an inquiry into the events at Orgreave in 1984; recognises that there is clear evidence that striking miners were beaten by the police, charged by police horses and falsely accused of …
ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE 1984-85 MINERS' STRIKE
Douglas Chapman · Scottish National Party
That this House remembers the start of the miners' strike in March 1984 when five pits were announced for closure as part of the Government's restructuring of the coal industry; acknowledges the hardship and struggle endured by the miners and their families who faced losing their livelihoods; notes…
Orgreave: Inquiry
Lords Chamber