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| The '''Hillsborough Independent Panel'''<ref></ref> is a panel installed by the British government to research the ] (1989). On 11 September 2012, they published their report.<ref></ref> | |||
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| ==Members== | |||
| The commission was configured:<ref name="Liverpool Echo">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news//tm_headline=who-are-the-members-of-the-hillsborough-independent-panel%26method=full%26objectid=31815017%26siteid=100252-name_page.html|title=Who are the members of the Hillsborough Independent Panel?|publisher=Liverpool Echo|date=12 September 2012}}</ref> | |||
| * James Jones, bishop of Liverpool | |||
| * ], human rights lawyer | |||
| * Christine Gifford, expert in the field of access to information | |||
| * Katy Jones, investigative journalist | |||
| * Dr Bill Kirkup CBE, Associate Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health | |||
| * Paul Leighton, CBE QPM, former Deputy Chief Constable of the ] | |||
| * Professor Phil Scraton, criminology | |||
| * ] broadcaster. | |||
| * Sarah Tyacke, CBE | |||
| ==The Hillsborough Independent Panel report== | |||
| In the years following the disaster there was a growing feeling that the full facts behind the disaster were not in the public domain, with a suspicion that some facts were deliberately covered up. | |||
| The Hillsborough Family Support Group, led by Trevor Hicks, had long campaigned for the release of all relevant documents. Following the 20th anniversary of the disaster in April 2009, supported by the then ] ] and ] ], | |||
| the government asked the ] and ] to investigate the best way for this information to be made public.<ref name="Hansard1209"/> | |||
| In December 2009, ] ] announced the formation of the Hillsborough Independent Panel with a remit to oversee "full public disclosure of relevant government and local information within the limited constraints set out in the disclosure protocol" and "consult with the Hillsborough families to ensure that the views of those most affected by the tragedy are taken into account".<ref name="Hansard1209">{{cite web|url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmhansrd/cm091215/wmstext/91215m0004.htm|title=Parliamentary business|publisher=Parliament.uk|date=15 December 2009}}</ref> An archive of all the relevant documentation would be created and a report produced within two years explaining the work of the panel and its conclusions. The panel would be chaired by ], the ]. | |||
| Other panel members were ], a human rights lawyer. Christine Gifford, an expert in the field of access to information; Katy Jones, an investigative journalist; Dr Bill Kirkup, Associate Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health; Paul Leighton, former Deputy Chief Constable of the ]; Professor Phil Scraton, an expert in criminology and ], broadcaster.<ref name="Liverpool Echo"/> | |||
| One particular point of contention was that in the original inquest, the Coroner Dr Stefan Popper had limited evidence to a cut off time of 3.15 pm, this meant that the subsequent response of the police and emergency services was not properly investigated.<ref name="Guardian240409">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/apr/24/hillsborough-families-urge-truth-commission?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Hillsborough families will call for 'truth commission' at meeting with minister|publisher=Fuardian.co.uk|date=24 Apr 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ==Findings== | |||
| On 12 September 2012, the Hillsborough Independent Panel<ref> Hillsborough Independent Report</ref> reached a conclusion that no Liverpool fans were responsible in any way for the disaster, and that the main cause of the disaster was a "lack of police control". Subsequent apologies were released by Prime Minister ] on behalf of the government,<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-19543964 | title = Hillsborough papers: Cameron apology over "double injustice" | date = 12 September 2012 | accessdate =12 September 2012 | publisher = BBC News}}</ref> ] on behalf of the opposition,<ref>{{cite web|title=Hillsborough statement: Cameron and Miliband apologise|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9750000/9750850.stm|publisher=BBC Democracy Live|accessdate=12 September 2012|date=12 September 2012}}</ref> Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, South Yorkshire Police, and former editor of ''The Sun'', Kelvin McKenzie, who apologised for writing the headline "The Truth".<ref name=mckenzie>{{Cite web | url = http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-09-12/kelvin-mckenzie-offers-profuse-apologies-over-hillsborough/ | title = Kelvin MacKenzie offers "profuse apologies" over Hillsborough | publisher = ] | date = 12 September 2012 | accessdate =12 September 2012}}</ref> McKenzie said he should have instead written headline that read "The Lies", although this apology was widely discredited by the Hillsborough Family Support Group and Liverpool fans all over the country, as it was seen to be "shifting the blame once again."<ref name=mckenzie/> | |||
| Amongst the main findings in the Report, it was concluded that the safety of the crowd was "compromised at every level" and overcrowding issues had been recorded two years earlier. The report concludes that ], ] passed on inaccurate and untrue information from the police to the press.<ref> The Scotsman</ref><ref>''Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel'', pages 350-352.</ref> The Panel concluded that "up to 41" of the ninety-six who perished may have survived had the emergency services' reactions and co-ordination been improved.<ref> The Guardian</ref> | |||
| The panel found that South Yorkshire Police and other emergency services had made a "strenuous attempt" to deflect the blame for the tragedy from them and onto the Liverpool supporters. 164 witness statements were amended, 116 of them removing statements which were unfavourable to South Yorkshire Police. In addition police carried out blood alcohol readings of the victims, some of them children, and ran computer check on the ] in an attempt to "impugn their reputation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/sep/12/hillsborough-disaster-report-panel-released-live|title=Hillsborough disaster report published - Wednesday 12 September|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|date=12 Sep 2012}}</ref> | |||
| Labour MP for the ] in Greater Manchester ], a former Secretary of State for Health, who had led the campaign for a full inquiry, promising to find results in 2011,<ref> Daily Mirror</ref> thanked the Prime Minister "for every single word" of his statement to the Commons.<ref> BBC News</ref> | |||
| ==Resources== | |||
| <references/> | |||
| ] | |||
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