South Yorkshire Police

Home Department written question – answered am ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.

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Photo of Graeme Morrice Graeme Morrice Llafur, Livingston

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps is she taking to ensure the Independent Police Complaints Commission has the necessary powers and resources to conduct a robust examination of police tactics at Orgreave coke works during the 1984-85 Miners' Strike.

Photo of Damian Green Damian Green Minister of State (Ministry of Justice and Home Office) , The Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice

We have legislated in the Police (Complaints and Conduct) Act 2012 to give the Independent Police Complaints Commission additional powers to enable it, in exceptional circumstances, to investigate matters which were previously outside its jurisdiction.

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