'Hillsborough lessons already being forgotten'
Plans for a 'Hillsborough Law' have been put on hold by the government.
Labour's attempt to force through provision of legal representation for bereaved families at inquests where the police are involved was seen off by the Government after it said any decision on parity of funding should await a report being written by the former bishop of Liverpool James Jones.
Margaret Aspinall, Chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, said:
"I came down for the votes today and I am disappointed. It feels like Parliament is already forgetting the lessons of Hillsborough. No other family should ever have to go through what we went through. It is shameful what happened today." Andy Burnham MP said: "Parliament had a chance today to make Hillsborough a moment of real change. It failed to do that and that will be deeply disappointing to all of the people who fought so hard for justice. I cannot see how anybody can argue against the principle of equality in legal funding for bereaved families at inquests. Until that principle is enshrined in law the injustices will carry on happening and the Establishment will continue to ride rough-shod over ordinary families. "I also fail to see how Tory MPs can vote against the Prime Minister's promise, to victims of press intrusion, that there would be a second stage inquiry. The Government is getting this badly wrong and needs to think again".