Miners convicted of offences during the 1984-85 strike should be given an automatic pardon according to Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee.
In a report published on Friday, the committee backed plans by the Scottish Government in the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill to provide a blanket pardon to those convicted of certain offences during the strike, including those in Stirling and Clackmannanshire.
Doing so, the report says, would help right the wrongs that many communities suffered during the strike, with an automatic pardon going some way to providing justice for families affected.
