Subject File: Inquiry - Manchester University Demonstration

Reference No:
U DPM/1/12
Dates:
1985-1988
Description:
File contains papers relating to an independent inquiry, chaired by John Platts-Mills, at the request of the Manchester City Council. The inquiry was called as a result of police handling of a peaceful student demonstration on the occasion of the visit of then Home Secretary Leon Britten to Manchester University Students Union on 1 Mar 1985. Papers include the following: Correspondence; Notes; Press cuttings; Copy of the inquiry report; Draft version of the report; Report for resolution of differences between this inquiry and a later Police Complaints Authority Statement relating to the incident; Published edition of the report of the Independent Inquiry Panel; Summary notes of the events compiled by Platts-Mills.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
3 files
Language:
Access Conditions:
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of John Platts-Mill QC