Moved by Councillor Stowe – Seconded by Councillor Clarke
‘This Council is disappointed by the Home Secretary’s rejection on the 31st October, 2016 of an Inquiry into the policing of events at Orgreave.
The Council observes that the Independent Police Commission said in their redacted report released in June 2015 “that there was evidence of excessive violence by police officers, and a false narrative from police exaggerating violence by miners, perjury by officers giving evidence to prosecute the arrested men, and an apparent cover-up of that perjury by senior officers”.
The Council believes in the light of such statements that the Home Secretary needs to review her decision that there should be no enquiry into such events.
The Council notes that 95 miners were arrested and charged with riot offences, but were all later acquitted amid claims that police at the time had fabricated evidence.
The Council will write to the Home Secretary and ask that she takes into account the opinion of this Council and accepts that there is widespread public concern about events at Orgreave and calls for her to order an inquiry into them’.
Minutes:
A Notice of Motion submitted in accordance with Standing Order No 6 in relation to the Policing of Events at Orgreave was:
Moved by Councillor Stowe – Seconded by Councillor Clarke; and
RESOLVED that the Council:
(i) is disappointed by the Home Secretary’s rejection on the 31st October, 2016 of an Inquiry into the policing of events at Orgreave;
(ii) observes that the Independent Police Commission said in their redacted report released in June 2015 “that there was evidence of excessive violence by police officers, and a false narrative from police exaggerating violence by miners, perjury by officers giving evidence to prosecute the arrested men, and an apparent cover-up of that perjury by senior officers”.
(iii) believes in the light of such statements that the Home Secretary needs to review her decision that there should be no enquiry into such events.
(iv) notes that 95 miners were arrested and charged with riot offences, but were all later acquitted amid claims that police at the time had fabricated evidence.
(v) write to the Home Secretary and ask that she takes into account the opinion of this Council and accepts that there is widespread public concern about events at Orgreave and calls for her to order an inquiry into them’.