In many ways, today showed this current Parliament and the Prime Minister at their best. David Cameron hadn’t brought Flashman with him to Prime Minister’s Questions today in any case, but for his statement on the Hillsborough tragedy, he adopted a solemn and respectful tone. The whole chamber was still, save for sharp intakes of breath from MPs as horrifying findings from today’s report from the Hillsborough independent panel were read to them. The worst was that many more – possibly 41 – lives could have been saved had the response to the disaster been adequate.
‘Anyone who has lost a child knows the pain never leaves you. But to read a report years afterwards that says – and I quote – “a swifter, more appropriate, better focused and properly equipped response had the potential to save more lives”, can only add to the pain.’
MPs, particularly those who have campaigned on this matter, dabbed at their eyes.
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