Independent Review:
Impact on Communities of Policing during the 1984-85 miners’ strike.
Were you a miner, part of a mining community, a police officer or in some other way affected by, or involved in, the strike? We would like to hear about your experience.
Please join us at one of the public meetings, which will take place 6-9pm:
| Cumnock | Cumnock Townhall, 62 Glaisnock St, Cumnock KA18 1BY | Tuesday 13 November |
| Lochgelly | Lochgelly Centre, Bank St, Lochgelly KY5 9RD | Tuesday 20 November |
| National Mining Museum | Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN | Wednesday 21 November |
| Fauldhouse | Fauldhouse Miners’ Welfare Society, 5-7 Bridge St, Fauldhouse, Bathgate EH47 9AY | Tuesday 27 November |
| Oakley | Oakley Community Association and Welfare Club, Blairwood Terrace, Oakley, Dunfermline KY12 9QG | Wednesday 28 November
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| Fallin | Fallin Miners’ Welfare Society and Social Club, Main St, Fallin, Stirling FK7 7HY | Wednesday 5 December |
| Auchengeich | Auchengeich Miners’ Club, 3 Auchengeich Rd, Moodiesburn, Glasgow G69 0JN | Thursday 6 December |
Doors open at 5.30pm.
There is no need to book a place in advance: members of the public are invited simply to come along on the night.
John Scott QC Solicitor Advocate, who is leading the Review, is inviting the public to share their experiences with him and his Advisory Panel, which comprises Dennis Canavan (former MP and MSP), Jim Murdoch (Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow) and Kate Thomson (former Assistant Chief Constable).
The Review’s role is to investigate and report on the impact on communities in Scotland of the policing of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.
It is envisaged that the Review will:
- provide an interim report to Ministers which sets out initial findings by January 2019;
- carry out further necessary engagement and provide a final report by June 2019, which sets out lessons learned and makes recommendations for any further action required.
It is not expected that the review will deal with individual cases or specific events, but will:
- consider matters that fall under the devolved remit of Scottish Ministers;
- take full account of previous investigations into the events of the time; and
- review the appropriate documents that are available.
Please also respond to the written call for evidence, which is open until Friday 30 November: https://consult.gov.scot/justice/policing-during-miners-strike-independent-review/. Further information about the review can be found at: https://beta.gov.scot/groups/independent-review-policing-miners-strike/
INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF POLICING DURING THE MINERS’ STRIKE
Saint Andrew’s House, Regent Road, EDINBURGH. EH1 3DG
Tel: 0131 244 7144 E-mail: minersstrikereview@gov.scot
