Clwyd East MP Becky Gittins (pictured) has welcomed the long-awaited "Hillsborough Law" which the Government has been introduced into Parliament today.
Known officially as the Public Office (Accountabilty) Bil, it has been called for by the families of those who died during that tragedy.
It aims to introduce a new legal duty of candour on all public officials and authorities to prevent the kind of cover-ups seen after the Hillsborough disaster as well as in the Horizon Post Office and infected blood scandals and the Grefell Tower fire.
Public officials will have to act with honesty and integrity at all times and could face criminal prosecution if they failed to do so. The bill will introduce a new offence of misleading the public.
Becky Gittins said: “This law is for the 97 who lost their lives and for every family who had to fight for decades for the truth when the state let them down.
“I am proud that this Bill has been introduced and I will be supporting it in Parliament. It delivers the commitment I was elected to make and ensures that truth can never again be concealed by those in power.”
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