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Coroners System (Reform)

In framing her proposals, will the right hon. and learned Lady look at the Potter’s Bar rail crash, as it is expected that the inquiry will take the form of a coroner’s inquest, even though the families wanted a full public inquest and the Hertfordshire coroner had concerns about the holding of an inquest? Almost three years after the crash, it has just been announced that a judge is to be released to hold the inquiry. Three years is too long to wait for an inquiry into such a major incident involving many families.