Clause 1
11:00 am
George Howarth (Knowsley North and Sefton East, Labour)
I have listened carefully to my hon. Friend. My concern about dealing with those who died in a disaster as one event is that, although the cause of death might be the same in every case, the circumstances might vary from case to case. In the example of Hillsborough, everybody died as a result of the lack of proper policing, as the Taylor inquiry established. However, had medical attention been received earlier, some of them might have survived. It is important for the bereaved that such issues are explored, and that can only be done through individual cases, not by treating them all as one class of case.