6. Urgent Question: Orgreave

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:01 pm on 1 November 2016.

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Photo of Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant Labour 4:01, 1 November 2016

I hear the comments made by the Member. I fail to agree with any of the comments he made. Many communities suffered, people were jailed, and people were criminalised. What we should remember is that all the police and all of the miners weren’t bad people. What we really need to understand was what happened on that day. What was the instruction? What was behind that battle that happened on that day? Unfortunately, the comments made by Gareth are disappointing, to say the least. The fact is that there are families in Wales, there are families across the UK, who have suffered since the day of that battle to the current day, and we need some answers to that.